From: Asfand Yar Qazi <im_not_giving_it_here@..._hate_spam.com>
Date: 2004-04-06T02:44:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Learning Ruby, was a C geek...

> 
> 
> This is a project similar in scope to an NES emulator I've written in C. When doing so, I tried and benchmarked 2 situations:
> 
> switch (opcode) {
>  case 0x01:
>  case 0x02 ... (etc, for every opcode)
> }
> 
> And:
> typedef void (*operand)(address);
> operand opcodes[0x100]; (You'd use 0x10)
> op_0x01(int address) { ... }
> opcodes[0x01] = op_0x01.
> Then call using: opcodes[0x01](addr);
> 

AARRGH!  The suspense is killing me!

Which was faster?!!!


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