Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site boulder.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!boulder!jon From: jon@boulder.UUCP (Jon Corbet) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: ANSI C suggestions (woops) Message-ID: <232@boulder.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 11:18:04 EDT Article-I.D.: boulder.232 Posted: Tue Oct 16 11:18:04 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Oct-84 06:49:20 EDT References: <228@boulder.UUCP>Reply-To: jon@boulder.UUCP (Jon Corbet) Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research Lines: 16 Keywords: double precision, coffee >> As long as we are discussing improvements to the language, I would >> like to suggest a couple: >> >> (1) Get rid of that requirement that all floating point arithmetic >> be done in floating point. ... > >I presume you meant "done in double precision", not "done in floating >point"; Yes, I certainly meant double precision. This is what happens when I do my netnews interaction before that all-important first cup of coffee has entered my bloodstream :-) Jonathan Corbet National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility {seismo|hplabs}!hao!boulder!jon