Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!db From: db@cbosgd.ATT.COM (Deceased Bird) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: How does compiled code use the floa Message-ID: <3163@cbosgd.ATT.COM> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 18:16:08 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.3163 Posted: Tue Dec 16 18:16:08 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 20:10:34 EST References: <394@houxs.UUCP> <165100001@uiucdcsb> <132@piaget.UUCP> Reply-To: db@cbosgd.UUCP (Deceased Bird) Organization: The Pet Shoppe, EC1 Lines: 15 The original poster seems to be looking for automatic ways of handling floating point, so perhaps that's why nobody mentioned the obvious alternative: use a compiler switch (i.e., manual direction) to control the generation of the floating-point code. A related question: what percentage of C compilers for PC- type machines support floating-point hardware? Are there many out there that simply do not offer 8087 support? Or do the vast majority of compilers use one of the automatic schemes described on the net? (N.B. This question is academic -- I own a Mac and have no plans to write a compiler or upgrade to a Levco Prodigy any- time soon :-))