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- From: Michael Loader <softlogik@earthlink.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Pagestream - Compiler options?
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 14:42:40 -0500
- Organization: SoftLogik Publishing
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- Dennis Grant wrote:
- >
- > (Maybe this already happens, but it's been a while since I installed it, so:)
- >
- > Are there any plans to release processor-specific versions of Pagestream? IE,
- > a 68000 version, 68000+fpu, 68030, 68030+fpu, 68040, 68040+fpu etc?
- >
- > I know it adds to the complexity of the install program, but actually
- > *building* the special versions is as simple as turning on the compiler
- > option - you don't actually have to *write* new versions, the compiler does
- > the optimising for you.
- >
- > The speed increase could be dramatic. PS is no slouch now, but every little
- > bit helps, right?
-
- We have done tests to see whether it would be worth doing this and there
- is no significant speed advantage from compiling processor specific
- versions.
-
- PageStream for Macintosh requires at least an 030, but the limitation
- was imposed on us by Apple's requirement of an 030 for its 68K Code
- Fragment Manager.
-
- PageStream makes little use of floating point math, so an FPU version
- would not provide a speed boost either.
-
- Regards,
-
- Michael
- SoftLogik
-