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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Cc: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG,
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Subject: Re: Use of C99 extra long double math functions after r236148
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:10:05AM +0200, Rainer Hurling wrote:
> 
> Do you think your version from 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=152415 for expl() ld80 
> version could be the one getting into head? Would you be willing to 
> commit it?

That's a fairly early version of the ld80 expl().
bde and das reviewed the code and made several
suggested changes.

> As far as I understand from discussions on R mailing list 
> (r-devel@r-project.org), they plan to reduce the emulation and/or 
> workaround of long and complex math functions for FreeBSD and other 
> systems with their next releases of R devel. So we could really need 
> some progress with our C99 conform math functions ;-)

I don't know R, and I don't understand what is meant
by 'they plan to reduce the emulation and/or workaround
of ... funtions'.

-- 
Steve