[parisc-linux] long double

Stan Sieler sieler@allegro.com
Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:13:51 -0800 (PST)


Re:

[(stuff about how big "long double" is)]

> > (3) Change both gcc and glibc to think that long double is actually
> > 128-bits wide.
> 
> This is definitely what you should do.  glibc includes now a full set
> of 128-bit math functions.  They should be used everywhere the ABI are
> not demanding the braindamaged 96-bit format.  Even Alpha, PPC, etc
> will change to this when time comes.


That's why I use: real32, real64, real128 :)

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