John Payson <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> No offense, but I counted 7 cycles per iteration in a loop that gets
> executed 8 times (actually, only 6 cycles for the last iteration).
> Consequently, as written, the code was slower than 44 cycles.

    No offense taken, John... The object, I thought, was to write a
    relatively-quick multiply routine that took less than 44
    INSTRUCTIONS.  For maximum speed, inline code will OF COURSE run
    faster than looped code.

    -Andy

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