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In article <jeffmlCxrvvv.A9v@netcom.com> jeffml@netcom.com (Jeff Lightfoot) writes:
>From: jeffml@netcom.com (Jeff Lightfoot)
>Subject: Re: You have to try this!
>Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 15:47:54 GMT

>>You must be the first person I've seen to ascribe it disadvantageous for a 
>>program to utilize 32 bit code.  NCSA deciding to make Mosaic a 32 bit app 

>Using the 32 bit code on a 16 bit operating system does not make anything
>faster.  In fact it may even slow things down a bit.  Let me explain why. (I
>hope I get this right, or its flame time. :-)

I'm no expert ready to refute logical flaws in your explanation, but I've got 
to say that there must be more to it than your explanation covers.  I have two 
different shareware programs (both registered for those who read my comments 
in the Telix argument <G>) which have Win16 and Win32s implementations. 
They are PixFolio, an image catalog program and WinZip, which everyone knows 
about.  Running under WFW3.11, both programs are significantly faster in their 
32-bit versions than they are in their 16-bit versions.  (This is 
particularly obvious in decoding a JPG picture in PF and in unzipping a 
large archive in WZ.)  So it is apparent to me, from empirical observation, 
that using 32-bit code on a 16-bit OS must have the potential to be faster in 
spite of the thunking issue.  Try it (both are available on CICA), you'll see 
for yourself.



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Robert R. Alexander, Ph.D.                   Tel: 64-6-350-5514
Department of Agricultural Economics         Fax: 64-6-350-5642
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
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