Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc

From	Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc
Date	2022-09-29 14:06 -0400
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Thiago Adams wrote:

>Decimal floating point types were added into C23.
>
>I was wondering.. how it will be implemented by c23 compilers?
>Is it already supported in x86 / x64 / arm? 
>
>or it is a kind of emulation?
>  
>
It is implemented in hardware on the z/Architecture, and our
compilers have natively supported that for many years.

We also have compilers that support it for x86 machines (both
32-bit and 64-bit) using the IBM DPD format.   Since it's not
native to the hardware those are supported via runtime functions.

   - Dave Rivers -

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C23 _Decimal64 etc Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-09-22 07:09 -0700
  Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2022-09-22 17:23 +0100
    Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-09-22 10:44 -0700
    Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-09-22 23:03 +0200
  Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-09-22 11:29 -0700
    Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-09-22 19:10 -0400
      Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2022-09-23 01:19 +0100
        Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-09-22 23:42 -0400
        Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2022-09-23 02:50 -0700
  Re: C23 _Decimal64 etc Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> - 2022-09-29 14:06 -0400

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