Re: [cc65] Floating point support

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From: Ullrich von Bassewitz (uz_at_musoftware.de)
Date: 2002-05-22 10:43:28 

Hi!

On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:24:11AM +0200, Christian Groessler wrote:
> I think (esp. from space reasons), even if there is a reference IEEE
> implementation available, there should be an option to use the ROM
> based float routines. Another reason to have this, is that then the
> results of calculations are the same as when done in BASIC on the
> machine.

While the space argument is certainly valid, I would prefer to be compatible
with other C compilers and with a real standard, not with some old BASIC
implementation.

> Hmm, how does then a i386->vax compiler work? Afaik, Vaxen don't have
> IEEE fp.

It works by implementing the same floating point as the target hardware has.

Regards


        Uz


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Ullrich von Bassewitz                                  uz_at_musoftware.de
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