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Re: Functions to modify IEEE floating point?

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From: phd_ivo
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 18:45
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In article <938@orange19.qtp.ufl.edu>, bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt) writes...
 
+Are these routines available on all machines which follow IEEE
+floating point?  Do they have the same names or just similar
+functionality?  Unfortunately, I don't have access to any other IEEE
+machines to look at.  Any help is appreciated.
+-- 

We wish. Sun's support of IEEE functions is VERY GOOD compared to
other workstations. In particular, my NeXT computer---which is almost
completely like a Sun-3---has no IEEE support whatsoever. Neither
does any other computer using Gnu-CC as its compiler.

/ivo welch	ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu
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