Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 1997 01:58:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      " steve  howe" <un_x@hotmail.com>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   float
Message-ID:  <199703310958.BAA12465@f4.hotmail.com>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
can anyone tell me if FreeBSD will support IEEE DOUBLE FLOATS
anytime soon?  i am losing alot of precision in porting
software that needs that precision in mathematical computations ...
float to string to float conversion only give me 6 bytes of
accuracy with floats, but i get 8 bytes under DOS with Double Floats.
(i know Doubles are 40 bits, but i get 64 bits of accuracy in
conversion with Doubles ...)



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199703310958.BAA12465>