Why are SINGLE variables faster than INTEGER variables ?

[SMcNeill]

   

Got to say, I'm surprised by your results.  What type of machine are you running this on, just out of curiosity?  Is this something which deeply affects time on Linux/Mac?  Arm?  Or 32-bit machines? 

As you can see, my results don't match up with yours at all.  I'm just curious what the difference might be that's causing such a large change in times and results.

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SMcneill -  Integer Division (the \ division) is much faster than taking the integer value of normal division, as shown above.

x \ y is faster than INT(x / y).   At least, it always has been for me on Windows with the math processors on my PCs and Laptops.  Perhaps Linux or Mac handles them differently somehow?

This is always faster because only need to determine how many times the divisor is included in the dividend. This is easier for the computer than regular division.

Apparently not always, as per the times posted above yours.  SINGLE is faster without integer division, which really blows my mind!  I really wonder what type of machine/architecture gives such results.