Re: [Algorithms] Shifting or Multiplication....

[R. J. S. <rj...@be...>]

> I think that for integers an addition is still better, but I may be wrong.
> But now a days, it doesn't make much difference.

This is the case for all modern processors except the P4.  On the P4 shifts
and multiplies are much slower than adds.

R. Jason Sams