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| From | Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Float Vs Double |
| References | (10 earlier) <74cabdab-6774-491d-b514-e56506ee5113@googlegroups.com> <nocjej$82v$1@jstuckle.eternal-september.org> <ae1ae857-1e93-41c4-bb64-2df6eb08f30e@googlegroups.com> <npda3a$sef$1@jstuckle.eternal-september.org> <43d67165-178e-4745-9943-d2475cb58615@googlegroups.com> |
| Date | 2016-08-22 19:29 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <8737lwww36.fsf@news.bourguet.org> (permalink) |
| Organization | Guest of ProXad - France |
supercat@casperkitty.com writes: > On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 5:31:13 PM UTC-5, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> For instance - I've seen it implemented as storing the digits in a >> string. Quite easy to implement - but performance was terrible, as you >> can imagine. OTOH, I implemented one back in the 80's based on two >> digits per byte, using 808x assembler. Much faster, but not portable >> and not all that easy. > > I'm surprised I haven't seen more "decimal math" libraries using 9 digits > per word; such a thing would seem like a natural fit on a 32-bit processor > with a 32x32->64 multiply. Performance would be likely slower than for > binary math, Depending on the load. I've used that in some cases where the gain on the simplified decimal IO was enough to overcome the increased cost of other operations. Yours, -- Jean-Marc
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Float Vs Double Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2016-08-07 17:59 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-07 23:38 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2016-08-07 18:55 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-08-07 16:43 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-07 19:36 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-08 04:05 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-07 20:41 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-08 11:41 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-08 04:23 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-08 23:45 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-10 03:26 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-11 01:00 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-08-08 08:52 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-08-08 11:58 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-08 10:06 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-08-08 19:46 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-07 21:29 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-08-08 14:04 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-08 09:00 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-08-08 18:43 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-08 14:34 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-08 12:00 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-08 16:42 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-08 14:04 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-09 08:48 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-10 03:22 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-21 18:31 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-22 08:39 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2016-08-22 19:29 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-22 19:24 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 01:01 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-22 21:58 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-23 09:38 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 08:15 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-23 15:07 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 09:40 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 15:14 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 10:38 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 17:18 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 15:47 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-23 16:39 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 11:45 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-23 21:42 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 15:52 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-24 08:36 +1200
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-24 09:39 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 11:31 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 10:48 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 08:17 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-23 06:01 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 09:44 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-23 07:19 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 10:39 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-23 08:18 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 14:47 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 10:40 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-24 01:31 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 20:53 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-23 23:20 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 11:32 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-24 09:46 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-24 14:53 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 11:35 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-24 08:57 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-24 17:36 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 12:50 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-24 17:26 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 12:51 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 11:33 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-28 02:33 -0500
Re: Float Vs Double antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2016-08-31 22:36 +0000
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-31 15:51 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-31 22:42 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-01 08:32 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-01 15:00 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-01 13:45 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-01 20:50 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-02 08:11 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-02 12:25 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-02 20:42 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-02 16:25 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2016-09-03 08:43 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-03 10:48 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2016-09-03 19:43 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-03 18:16 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2016-09-08 11:18 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-07 19:59 -0500
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-08 08:13 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-08 19:34 -0500
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-09 07:50 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-09-02 23:40 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2016-09-03 09:06 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-03 10:52 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2016-08-24 08:57 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-24 01:04 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2016-08-08 06:44 +0000
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-08 00:16 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2016-08-08 23:29 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-08-08 14:03 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-08 05:14 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-09 19:53 -0500
Re: Float Vs Double "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-08-07 18:47 -0400
Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-07 17:04 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-08 05:49 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-08-10 03:26 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-09 20:15 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-10 06:07 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-10 06:13 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-10 16:43 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-10 07:56 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-10 08:39 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-10 09:56 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-10 10:04 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-08-11 07:08 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 07:15 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-08-12 08:11 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-08-10 20:38 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-10 12:20 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-10 12:17 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-08-10 21:48 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-10 13:40 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-12 08:01 +1200
Re: Float Vs Double BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-10 15:00 -0500
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