• "Imran Haider" <absolute1008 hotmail.com> Oct 27 2001
• "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> Nov 02 2001

"Imran Haider" <absolute1008 hotmail.com> writes:

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Hi.  When a program in a 32-bit machine accesses a 8-bit data, is it =
slower than accessing a 32-bit data (since the bus is 32-bit).   If it =
is slow, can you tell me how much slower?     Thanks...

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

That would be highly dependent on your particular CPU and its configuration.
I suggest writing a small program and timing it!

"Imran Haider" <absolute1008 hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi.  When a program in a 32-bit machine accesses a 8-bit data, is it slower
than accessing a 32-bit data (since the bus is 32-bit).   If it is slow, can
you tell me how much slower?     Thanks...