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From: | Raymond Toy |
Subject: | Re: [Maxima] Re: [Gcl-devel] float numbers in xmaxima 5.9 GCL |
Date: | Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:47:52 -0500 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.5 (celeriac, usg-unix-v) |
>>>>> "Camm" == Camm Maguire <address@hidden> writes: Camm> gcl Camm> GCL (GNU Common Lisp) (2.6.1) Thu Nov 6 16:23:13 UTC 2003 Camm> Licensed under GNU Library General Public License Camm> Dedicated to the memory of W. Schelter Camm> Use (help) to get some basic information on how to use GCL. >> most-positive-short-float Camm> 3.402823S38 >> most-positive-long-float Camm> 1.7976931348623157E308 [snip] Do you know why gcl (apparently?) makes short-float the same as IEEE single-precision and single-float and double-float are the same as IEEE double-precision? For a long time, I didn't even know gcl had short-float. I assumed it only had one kind of float. :-) Ray
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