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Re: Why are mpfr, mpc and gmp needed for gcc?

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: Jose-Marcio dot Martins at mines-paristech dot fr
Cc: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:27:28 -0700
Subject: Re: Why are mpfr, mpc and gmp needed for gcc?
References: <4F79CFB6.9060505@adp-gmbh.ch> <CAH6eHdR4eUcTRJCnwEWuko+rck0uyCy0-WKGEUPCTH=ppTCitg@mail.gmail.com> <4F79E5E7.8010400@mines-paristech.fr>

Jose-Marcio Martins da Cruz <Jose-Marcio.Martins@mines-paristech.fr>
writes:

> Is there a big difference when using these libraries from system
> available math library ? Is this difference more noticeable in some
> platforms than in other ones ?

When cross-compiling to a system that does not use the same floating
point format as the host, the system math libraries will not do the
right thing.

Ian

References:
- Why are mpfr, mpc and gmp needed for gcc?
  - From: René Nyffenegger
- Re: Why are mpfr, mpc and gmp needed for gcc?
  - From: Jonathan Wakely
- Re: Why are mpfr, mpc and gmp needed for gcc?
  - From: Jose-Marcio Martins da Cruz

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