Test: float vs. integer multiplication

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Result: Discarded

The test labeled "integer" was the faster by 0.027 seconds, (2.757% faster)

integer 100%

float 97.243%

The integer test took 0.9532 seconds.
The float test took 0.9802 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 248,735 loops for a total of 4,974,700 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000005) milliseconds.
Avg difference (1.351) milliseconds per 248,735 loops.
Total difference 27.03 milliseconds for 4,974,700 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (3.5820) milliseconds and Code 2 was (2.0998) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "float", was:

$GLOBALS['dummy'] = 0.0;
for ($j = 0; $j < 100; $j++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy'] *= $GLOBALS['dummy_float'];

The second test, "integer", was:

$GLOBALS['dummy'] = 0;
for ($j = 0; $j < 100; $j++)
	$GLOBALS['dummy'] *= $GLOBALS['dummy_int'];

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