When should we go for COMP AND COMP3

manoj_june1973 · New User Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 8

When whould we go for COMP and WHEN DO WE SHOULD GO FOR COMP-3.

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 9:06 am

You go for them to save memory storage. COMP-3 stores data in two digits into each byte, so basically half of the storage is saved.

Probably you go for COMP, to let it on Compiler to decide which form is more appropriate.

gskulkarni · New User Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 70

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