[sdiy] programmable synth module

[Andre Majorel]

On 2006-02-11 22:28 -0500, john mahoney wrote:
> From: "Grant Richter"
> >
> > Remember convert all numbers to floating point for speed improvement.
> 
> Totally counter-intuitive to us old and semi-old timers!

Don't know when semi-old timerness starts for you but the
Microsoft-based BASIC in the Oric (1983) did all math in
floating point. Integer variables were slower than FP variables
because of the extra conversion involved. I doubt that was an
isolated case.

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André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
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