[Numpy-discussion] Re: numpy, overflow, inf, ieee, and rich , comparison

[Fredrik Lundh]

Donald O'Donnell wrote:
> The compiled C code underlying a Python integer division makes
> use of this fast hardware integer division instruction.  If
> Python were changed so that all integer divisions were done in
> floating point, we would loose the ability to make use of this
> fast hardware divide instruction.  This could have a severe
> negative impact on some compute intensive (Numpy?) programs.

wow.

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