Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.21.MISMATCH!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!y24g2000yqb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Malcolm McLean Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Arithmetic overflow checking Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:16:34 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 21 Message-ID: <0022331b-d3c2-4e8b-b754-58730872ee5a@y24g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> References: <2rydnez7l-H5BYnTnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <9LWdnZH2hdfmyYvTnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@posted.palinacquisition> <3797038f-22d1-40b2-8c12-60db5a0976b8@t5g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <1d742049-31f6-4eb6-8832-9cce3f25091d@a31g2000vbt.googlegroups.com> <08jn17t10eb6qgfdlvriqq8j6e17k5u2ou@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.77.4.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1310451745 30462 127.0.0.1 (12 Jul 2011 06:22:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:22:25 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: y24g2000yqb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=132.77.4.129; posting-account=Dz2zqgkAAADlK5MFu78bw3ab-BRFV4Qn User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 wisweb2-out (NetCache NetApp/6.0.6) X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Google-Header-Order: HCUALESRFV X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0,gzip(gfe) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:6101 comp.lang.c:8154 On Jul 12, 7:31=A0am, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > > > =A0 =A0 These effects are all small (I think). =A0But in an environment= where > >a 3.63GHz part gets bragging rights over a mere 3.59GHz, I don't think > >"full speed" is entirely accurate. =A0It's sort of like those car ads: > >"Best highway mileage *in its class*." > > =A0 =A0 =A0I never did understand that phrase. =A0With your post, I imagi= ne > private, car obedience classes. =A0Every car is the best in its class. > A dinky little hatchback will do lots of miles per gallon. However it's not very practical if you regularly take four adults on long journeys. A saloon car might be the most efficient saloon car, so the best in its class, and the best choice for someone looking for good mileage but with other constraints. -- Lots of C programming goodies on my website http://www.malcolmmclean.site11.com/www