drmatt wrote: > Tbh there are other reasons people want to do this; programming with a > 32 bit word length on all your data is in some ways better and certainly > intrinsically more efficient inside the CPU itself, though of course it > doesn't add anything of any benefit to the content.
That definitely applies for 32-bit integers, but with floating point it depends on the FP capabilities of the processor - and going floating point requires care in handling rounding errors. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106935 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
