From: Marin David Condic <mcondic.nospam@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Size of Float
Date: 2000/09/27
Date: 2000-09-27T13:38:17+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39D1F845.90993667@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 39D13A5C.9A587A82@erols.com
Daniel Allex wrote:
> Is a float limited to 32 bits or is there a 64 bit version? I'm using
> Ada95.
The language doesn't limit the size of floating point types. What sizes
are available is going to depend on your compiler and platform. For
example, I'm using the GNAT cmpiler on a PC platform and this supports a
built-in type called Long_Long_Float which is 96 bits. Whereas the GNAT
compiler on an Alpha/VMS platform will only support 64 bits. The maximum
size is usually dictated by the underlying hardware.
MDC
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-09-26 0:00 Size of Float Daniel Allex
2000-09-26 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-09-27 0:00 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
2000-09-27 0:00 ` Anthony Busigin
2000-09-28 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
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