Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sfmag.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!sfmag!mjs From: mjs@sfmag.UUCP (M.J.Shannon) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Uses of "float:16" ? Message-ID: <716@sfmag.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 14:28:18 EDT Article-I.D.: sfmag.716 Posted: Sun Sep 29 14:28:18 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 02:31:45 EDT References: <486@houxh.UUCP> <2600015@ccvaxa> <238@graffiti.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Summit, NJ Lines: 14 > Then you can define > > float foo:16; > > if you really think you can do something useful with 16-bit floats. Someone > must use them for something... Just such a construct is used in the accounting software in many UNIX System kernels. It seems to suffice for the application. -- Marty Shannon UUCP: ihnp4!attunix!mjs Phone: +1 (201) 522 6063 Disclaimer: I speak for no one.