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Re: FLOATING-POINT CONSISTENCY, -FFLOAT-STORE, AND X86
- To: toon at moene dot indiv dot nluug dot nl, egcs at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: FLOATING-POINT CONSISTENCY, -FFLOAT-STORE, AND X86
- From: N8TM at aol dot com
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 16:00:07 EST
In a message dated 12/19/98 12:39:34 PM Pacific Standard Time,
toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl writes:
<< I tend to turn this remark around: What we need in the g77 manual
(despite the fact that it is not exclusively relevant to FORTRAN) is a
section on the uses and pitfalls of floating point arithmetic.
I'll set out to write this (this won't be easy, as I have to evade the
obvious references for copyright reasons).>>
Excellent; if you are prepared for pre-publication suggestions or criticism,
let me know.
<< In the mean time, it would be useful for the compiler to warn about
testing floating point variables for (in)equality.>>
I have used too many compilers which included such warnings, and find
them a hindrance.
<< HTH,
--
Toon Moene (toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl)
>>