HP 50G: Long Reals Run Faster than Reals?

[DavidM]

I've had similar results in the past. Don't know for sure, but I suspect that the short real math is actually implemented with long real operations. So the extra time would be a result of the extra conversions taking place behind the scenes. Shouldn't be too hard to confirm with Nosy, but I'm not able to verify at the moment.