Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Martin Ward Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:35:44 +0100 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 11 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <18-04-058@comp.compilers> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="99563"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: C Posted-Date: 13 Apr 2018 13:18:40 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2073 On 12/04/18 12:15, bartc wrote: > I'm not saying it's not practical with C, but the language makes it harder. I think you just summed up C in a single sentence! Congratulations :-) -- Martin Dr Martin Ward | Email: martin@gkc.org.uk | http://www.gkc.org.uk G.K.Chesterton site: http://www.gkc.org.uk/gkc | Erdos number: 4