From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 24 18:43: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2FC337B401 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 18:43:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0DBE43EB2 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 18:43:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18R1Vc-000KMh-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 02:43:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 5A66D1661 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:42:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id E392BEC5 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:42:44 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 3F06E225D9; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:42:45 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:42:45 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: isnormal() ? Message-ID: <20021225024245.GC31992@raggedclown.net> References: <20021224164935.J62363-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> <20021224215932.47800.qmail@kimchee.ssr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021224215932.47800.qmail@kimchee.ssr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 09:59:32PM -0000, Scott Ballantyne wrote: > Fernando Gleiser writes > > On 24 Dec 2002, Scott Ballantyne wrote: > > > > > Any mathoids have a way to implement isnormal() on FreeBSD, 4.7? > > > > it would help if you tell us what isnormal() is. > > > > To be fair, he did use the (appalling) word "mathoid" to imply that it was a mathematical concept. I think most mathematicians would know what he was after...await the day when someone asks if anyone has a function to factorise huge prime numbers :) > It returns non-zero if its argument is normalized (i.e., not: zero, > denormalized, infinte, or NaN). It's usually a macro that calls > fpclass(), but I can't find fpclass either :-( > > I was hoping for something more efficient than isnan(), isinf(), etc. > Well you could write it yourself,, > Thanks Fer, > Scott > -- > sdb@ssr.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message