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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: should c be a subset of c++? |
| Date | 2015-11-09 14:56 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnh9kuwzlw.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
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glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
[...]
> Yes. It seems to me that the use of scaled fixed point arithmetic
> is a lost art. One reason is the poor support in high-level languages.
>
> PL/I has direct support for both binary and decimal (scaled by powers
> of two or ten) fixed point.
Take a look at Ada.
[...]
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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Re: should c be a subset of c++? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-07 01:15 +0000
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Re: should c be a subset of c++? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-07 06:39 +0000
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Re: should c be a subset of c++? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-11-09 21:54 -0500
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Re: should c be a subset of c++? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-11-10 08:37 -0500
Re: should c be a subset of c++? raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-10 17:07 +0000
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Re: should c be a subset of c++? supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-13 14:55 -0800
Re: should c be a subset of c++? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-08 01:02 +0000
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