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Re: Dump float support?
- To: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj at mdj dot nada dot kth dot se>
- Subject: Re: Dump float support?
- From: Michael Livshin <mlivshin at bigfoot dot com>
- Date: 13 Mar 2000 17:56:00 +0200
- Cc: Michael Livshin <mlivshin at bigfoot dot com>, Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se>, guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, Greg dot Harvey at thezone dot net, mjs at eazel dot com, jimb at red-bean dot com
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Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se> writes:
> Michael Livshin <mlivshin@bigfoot.com> writes:
>
> > as I understand, at least one reason for keeping floats is that on
> > Alpha (and maybe other 64bit archs) they can be immediate.
> >
> > I'm not sure whether I'm talking nonsense or not right now, though.
>
> Well, you're talking about a new type from the perspective of the
> interpreter.
>
> I think we should add this type, along with other types (like certain
> smobs) which also can be treated thusly, later, but not before most
> machines are 64bit.
fair 'nuff.
> (My opinion.)
mine too now, I guess.
--
A computer, to print out a fact,
Will divide, multiply, and subtract.
But this output can be
No more than debris,
If the input was short of exact.
-- Gigo