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Article #22Re: Fortran compiler real time REAL format conversion/representation
From: ccdk001
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:35
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:35
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In article <Bz233I.BDG@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>, dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (Dwight D. Moore) writes: > Has anyone used the Alpha's new Fortran capability of using different > internal REAL formats or the run-time conversion to/from different > REAL formats?...it is a neat trick, but is it really useful for anyone? > ...inquiring minds want to know. They're kinda nice when you are trying to read UNFORMATTED I/O written on a different type of computer. D_Float is pretty lame in terms of performance (and you lose some precision), but it still beats having to mask bytes & shift bits to read an imported binary file. ++ Dave
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