HP 50G: Long Reals Run Faster than Reals?

[Gerald H]

Thanks for your suggestion, Dave.

I have compared times for %%+ & %+, %%/ & %/, %%- & %- with the result that the individual real operations are faster for some input values, slower for others, than the individual long real operations. ( Loop from 1 to 1000, just the one command in the loop.)

My timings for the long real programme above were c 3% lower than for reals & on the 49G (1.19-6 & 2.10-7) more like 10% lower.