From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec68713820981fe9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" Subject: Re: SI Units Solicitation - Upgrade from comments Date: 1997/09/17 Message-ID: <341FF94F.66AA@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 273301005 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 References: <33FBD411.3B4A@erols.com> To: whitaker@erols.com Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-09-17T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Forgive me if I'm repeating someone else. I had a News hiccup and lost everything in this thread except the original message. Regarding a scientist's suggestion on packing the exponents into eight bits each: You could define exponents as type xxx is range -127 .. 127; allowing the compiler to choose whether to use 8 bits or more (and indirectly, the user that chooses the compiler). In the generic version, you could even allow the user to specify the type of the exponent. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be wwgrol AT pseserv3.fw.hac.com Don't send advertisements to this domain unless asked! All disk space on fw.hac.com hosts belongs to either Hughes Defense Communications or the United States government. Using email to store YOUR advertising on them is trespassing! ----------------------------------------------------------------------