Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: random numbers,vaxes, and unix Message-ID: <7692@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Jul-87 17:43:37 EDT Article-I.D.: mimsy.7692 Posted: Sat Jul 25 17:43:37 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 02:31:30 EDT References: <8472@brl-adm.ARPA> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 20 In article <8472@brl-adm.ARPA> jfjr@mitre-bedford.arpa (Freedman) writes: >I had to make some adjustment because the floating point format >(IEEE) described in the article did not quite match the format used >in the Vax. Does that problem still exist? As in `did the Vax change its floating point format'? Of course not; Vax F-floating is the same as always. >it should be easy to do in C but will I stumble on the fact that C >does its real number computations in double? Probably not, althought that depends on the nature of your `glue', I suppose. >I am running on a Vax 8600 (Ultrix) Then see `man random'. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris