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Conference hydra::axp-developer

Title:Alpha Developer Support
Notice:[email protected], 800-332-4786
Moderator:HYDRA::SYSTEM
Created:Mon Jun 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3722
Total number of notes:11359

3394.0. "Platinum Technologies" by HYDRA::BRYANT () Tue Mar 25 1997 10:00

    Company Name :  Platinum Technologies
    Contact Name :  Justin Bendige
    Phone        :  630/620-5000 x1513
    Fax          :  
    Email        :  
    Date/Time in :  25-MAR-1997 10:00:00
    Entered by   :  Pat Bryant
    SPE center   :  MRO

    Category     :  UNIX
    OS Version   :  
    System H/W   :  Alpha


    Brief Description of Problem:
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Has some questions about the floating point mode used in Digital UNIX.
Is it IEEE and how can one tell this.
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3394.1Digital Compilers Produce Only IEEE Op CodesHYDRA::BRYANTTue Mar 25 1997 11:173
He's using DEC C so his code will be producing IEEE based floating point
numbers.  I told him about the function cvt_ftof() which will convert to/from
VAX floating point.