Re: [cc65] Floating point support?

From: Groepaz <groepaz1gmx.net>
Date: 2004-09-27 19:49:44
On Monday 27 September 2004 19:51, Karri Kaksonen wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Groepaz wrote:
> > what you describe is fixed-point math, and exactly _not_ what floats are :=P
> >
> > if you need fixed point, use a bunch of macros or a fixed point lib....this
> > shouldnt be supported by a non standard "fixedpoint" or even worse a non
> > standard float type imho.
> 
> Newbies may not know that a float type is most of the time unnecessary for
> coding games. Perhaps a small set of defines is better than implementing
> something in the compiler.

well...if you are coding any non-trivial games stuff...you wont exactly do it
in C either :=P not on a 1mhz 6502 system atleast :)

gpz
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