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From: Niklas Holsti <nholsti@icon.fi>
Subject: Re: Calculating SQRT in ADA
Date: 1999/03/24
Date: 1999-03-24T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <36F94393.5D1B317D@icon.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01be7613$c90ed040$0e2915c0@w95

bob wrote:
 
   [snip]

> In Ada83 or Ada95, if the target is real, possibly the following:
> x : real;
> [snip]
> x = x**0.5;

Nope, for the standard "**" the right operand must be integer
(Integer'Base, actually).

> All of the Ada85 comilers I have used supply a "math" package
> containing sqrt also.

That agrees with my experience and would be the first place to
look.

Niklas Holsti
Working at but not speaking for Space Systems Finland Ltd.




  reply	other threads:[~1999-03-24  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-03-24  0:00 Calculating SQRT in ADA cmcrae
1999-03-23  0:00 ` Chris Morgan
     [not found]   ` <36F913E0.75F51763@lmco.com>
1999-03-24  0:00     ` John Herro
1999-03-24  0:00       ` Hans Marqvardsen
     [not found]         ` <36FAA3DF.42C31CF@lmco.com>
1999-03-26  0:00           ` Tom Moran
1999-03-25  0:00       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00         ` John Herro
1999-03-24  0:00           ` Hans Marqvardsen
1999-03-25  0:00             ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-03-25  0:00           ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00             ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-03-26  0:00               ` Howard W. LUDWIG
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
1999-03-27  0:00               ` robert_dewar
1999-03-29  0:00                 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-03-30  0:00                   ` robert_dewar
1999-04-02  0:00                     ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-03-30  0:00                   ` robert_dewar
1999-04-02  0:00                     ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-04-03  0:00                       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00           ` robert_dewar
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Calculating SQRT in Ada John Herro
1999-03-26  0:00               ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-03-26  0:00                 ` John Herro
1999-03-24  0:00     ` Ada 83 - Sometimes still chosen Richard D Riehle
1999-03-25  0:00       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00         ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-25  0:00           ` Marin David Condic
1999-03-26  0:00           ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00       ` robert_dewar
1999-03-25  0:00         ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-25  0:00           ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-26  0:00           ` robert_dewar
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Tom Moran
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-26  0:00               ` Tom Moran
1999-03-26  0:00                 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-29  0:00                 ` Marin David Condic
1999-03-29  0:00                   ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-03-27  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1999-03-26  0:00             ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-03-27  0:00               ` robert_dewar
1999-03-27  0:00                 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-03-25  0:00     ` Calculating SQRT in ADA robert_dewar
1999-03-24  0:00       ` Howard W. LUDWIG
1999-03-25  0:00         ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-24  0:00   ` Marin David Condic
1999-03-24  0:00 ` bob
1999-03-24  0:00   ` Niklas Holsti [this message]
1999-03-26  0:00     ` als0045
1999-03-26  0:00       ` als0045
1999-03-26  0:00     ` bob
1999-03-26  0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-03-26  0:00   ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
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