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Re: wish: optimize (x > 0.) floating point comparison.
- To: root at ihack dot net, rth at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: wish: optimize (x > 0.) floating point comparison.
- From: N8TM at aol dot com
- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 18:04:27 EDT
- Cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
In a message dated 9/26/98 2:43:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, root@ihack.net
writes:
> > Incorrect. Motorola uses a 96-bit format with different precision.
>
> Don't let the 96-bit length fool you. It's really the same format,
> but with 16 bits wasted (for alignment purposes, I assume).
>
Thanks for the confirmation. Intel, of course, lets you pack the 80-bit
quantities in memory, or use 128 bits, with 48 bits wasted (unless you have a
special use for them), for better performance alignment.