[Coco] Re: CoCo gcc project

[jdaggett at gate.net]

James 

Floating point math does not need to be a high priority to implement 
in the first run. It is a feature that would be nice in a very limited 
applications where higher accuaracy and precision may be needed. 
In doing fixed point math beyond 32 bits, floating point or cordic 
become favorable in speed and code size. 

james daggett 


On 2 Nov 2003 at 21:02, James Dessart wrote:

> 
> 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
> 
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