Re: Double float woes...

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From: Pete Grant
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:30

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In article <63460@mimsy.umd.edu> waander@cs.umd.edu (Bill Andersen) writes:
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>  Is there any way to get the integer value of a double-float
>without consing?  I tried (floor x), where x is a double-float
>and I get charged 24 bytes....  Since fixnums are immediate,
>just returning one should not cons and I don't care about the
>remainder..  Any ideas???
>
>  ...Bill

Sure, get a Symbolics.  On my 3650 I get charged 0 bytes. :-)h

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From: grant@pentagon-gw.army.mil (Pete Grant)
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Subject: Re: Double float woes...
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