[Coco] Re: CoCo gcc project

[James Dessart]

On Sunday, November 2, 2003, at 05:06  PM, Theodore A. Evans wrote:

> If you are going to go to all that trouble, it is probably easier,
> cheaper, and faster to use a dedicated math coprocessor like the
> m68881 or m68882 instead.

My main question is, why would we need floating point support?  It 
seems to me that fixed point arithmetic would suit the needs of most 
applications.  Not that I'm trying to poo poo the idea, I just want to 
understand what application it would be required for.

James