From: Mark Lorenzen <mark.lorenzen@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: simple question on long_float/short_float
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:59:42 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2010-09-30T02:59:42-07:00 [thread overview]
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On 30 Sep., 10:45, "Nasser M. Abbasi" <n...@12000.org> wrote:
>
> I just looked it up. So, if I use Interfaces.Fortran Reals and
> Double_Precision I think that would be just fine.
>
> I have always thought that long_float and short_float where the same as
> Fortran's double and single precision. This is confusing.
>
> So Ada has
>
> Float,
> long_float,
> short_float,
> Interfaces.Fortran.Reals
> Interfaces.Fortran.Double_Precision
>
> --Nasser
You should generally not use the predefined types for anything other
than interfacing with other languages e.g. C or Fortran. Don't think
in terms of "Ada has these types..." but define the types you need.
Ada is not Fortran, so don't code Fortran in Ada.
- Mark L
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-30 6:17 simple question on long_float/short_float Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-09-30 6:58 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-09-30 8:31 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-09-30 8:45 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-09-30 9:59 ` Mark Lorenzen [this message]
2010-09-30 13:30 ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-09-30 8:46 ` AdaMagica
2010-09-30 10:02 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-09-30 15:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-09-30 18:22 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-09-30 21:21 ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-10-01 0:29 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-10-01 11:13 ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-10-02 19:57 ` Simon Wright
2010-09-30 15:56 ` Adam Beneschan
2010-10-02 9:11 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-10-02 9:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-02 20:09 ` Simon Wright
2010-10-02 9:56 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-10-02 10:45 ` cjpsimon
2010-10-02 16:52 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-02 20:01 ` Georg Bauhaus
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