🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <36899@srcsip.UUCP>, carpent@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) writes:
> 
> In other news, I can now use the optimizer (on certain modules), and can use
> the 68881 library.  This gives me up to a 20% performance increase over IEEE
> libraries and nonoptimized compilation.  I was thrilled, as I need every bit I
> can get. I am also _very_ happy the Lattice is providing these upgrades free to
> registered owners.  I wonder if they will institute a maintenance program to
> recoup some of their mailing costs?
>
 
I am also very happy with the upgrade.  If they did want to recoup their
mailing losses, the upgrade would be worth a nominal fee.

> 
> As long as we are on the subject of Lattice, why doesn't this macro seem to
> work?  (I'm rather new to macrodom, so this is probably a silly one) I
> have some terribly long nasty expressions that need to be squared, and
> SQR(moocow) never returns what I expect:
> 
> #define SQR(x) (x*x)

I have not yet narrowed it down for sure, but I also had some code that worked
under 5.02 (using standard math libraries) but now doesn't under 5.04 (using
68881 inline code).  This code figures macros prominently, so this may be a
new bug.  Possibly...

I have also not been able to get 5.04 to work with the -pr option (automatic
generation of prototypes.)  This also worked in 5.02 just fine.  Can anyone
confirm whether this is a bug?

Even with a few bugs that were not there in 5.02, 5.04 is a major fix.  It's
great!

			Ross Martin
			agrgm@acvax.inre.asu.edu