[Coco] CMOC C-like compiler now supports float under Color Basic

[John W. Linville]

This is a really good recommendation. It aligns with what I had in
mind for my work with the bcc09 compiler (which I have mostly put on
hold while CMOC develops).

I would propose a type name like "mbf40", since the Color BASIC ROMs
are using the Microsoft Binary Format:

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Binary_Format

Just my $0.02...

John

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 09:44:40AM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> 
> I'd recommend reserving the keyword "float" for 32-bit floats and "double"
> for 64-bit floats as on other compilers & computers, and come up with
> another name such as "float40" or whatever for 40-bit float. This would be
> just in case you add support for 32 or 64-bit floats one day.
> 
> 
> Le 2017-08-12 à 21:29:00, Pierre Sarrazin a écrit :
> 
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > I have just published version 0.1.40 of CMOC, my C-like cross-compiler
> > for the CoCo's Disk Basic environment.
> > 
> > This version adds support for the float type, i.e., floating-point
> > arithmetic, when targeting the Color Basic environment. (The utility
> > routines invoked by the compiler call several Color Basic routines.)
> > 
> > I have rewritten my FuncPlot demo to make it use the float type. This
> > demo lets the user type in a math function (like sin(x)/x) and plots
> > it in a PMODE 4 screen.
> > 
> > As the float support is brand new, users should expect bugs. Reports
> > of such bugs should be sent to me.
> > 
> > CMOC and FuncPlot are available at the CMOC Home Page:
> > 
> >    http://sarrazip.com/dev/cmoc.html
> > 
> > -- 
> > Pierre Sarrazin <sarrazip @ sarrazip . com>
> > 
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