Subject: Re: [Gcl-devel] float numbers in xmaxima 5.9 GCL
From: Camm Maguire
Date: 14 Nov 2003 10:38:18 -0500
Greetings! I do not know why this decision was made, and at this
point am only assuming that it complies with the
specification. (Paul?). If its a problem we could try changing it and
seeing what breaks.
Take care,
Raymond Toy <toy@rtp.ericsson.se> writes:
> >>>>> "Camm" == Camm Maguire <camm@enhanced.com> writes:
>
> Camm> gcl
> Camm> GCL (GNU Common Lisp) (2.6.1) Thu Nov 6 16:23:13 UTC 2003
> Camm> Licensed under GNU Library General Public License
> Camm> Dedicated to the memory of W. Schelter
>
> Camm> Use (help) to get some basic information on how to use GCL.
>
> >> most-positive-short-float
>
> Camm> 3.402823S38
>
> >> most-positive-long-float
>
> Camm> 1.7976931348623157E308
>
> [snip]
>
> Do you know why gcl (apparently?) makes short-float the
> same as IEEE single-precision and single-float and double-float are
> the same as IEEE double-precision? For a long time, I didn't even
> know gcl had short-float. I assumed it only had one kind of
> float. :-)
>
>
> Ray
>
>
>
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