Article View: comp.sys.dec
Article #4698Re: instructions in the Vax not used by Unix assembler
From: payne
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1987 14:56
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1987 14:56
10 lines
1079 bytes
1079 bytes
In article <597@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU> llave@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU (Rafael Llave) writes: >The vax architecture manual mentions several instructions that >would be very useful such as: quadruple precision and >evaluation of polynomials. Try looking at some of the Run-Time Library stuff. VOL 8B pp 9.9-9-16 gives an overview of RTL routines that 'provide access to VAX machine instructions'. Examples are LIB$POLYn, LIB$EMODn, etc. They're C callable. Doug
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<3767@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watdcsu!payneReferences:
<597@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watdcsu!payne From: payne@watdcsu.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: instructions in the Vax not used by Unix assembler Message-ID: <3767@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 10:56:33 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.3767 Posted: Thu Aug 20 10:56:33 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 09:16:36 EDT References: <597@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU> Reply-To: payne@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Doug Payne) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 10 Keywords: quad-precision , assembler , vax