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: 109fba,dad65365cb2b3396 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,dad65365cb2b3396 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,dad65365cb2b3396 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,dad65365cb2b3396 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Subject: Re: The disturbing myth of Eiffel portability Date: 1996/11/22 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 198239697 references: <3294e64b.74799475@news2.ibm.net> <56t1m4$nis@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> <1996Nov20.065345.1@eisner> <1996Nov22.074528.1@eisner> organization: New York University newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-11-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Larry said "Well the VAX is that age ("nearly 20"), the Alpha supports both VAX and IEEE formats. Certainly System/390 is that age, if you allow for the fact that it includes System/360 capabilities. I know nothing about System/360 floating point, but I know MVS has a strong tradition of supporting the installed base. Perhaps someone from OC Systems can comment on support of IEEE by IBM." OK, but here are only two examples, which kind of proves my point. Of these, no one would choose a System/390 for high end floating-point work (or let's say, no one interested in optimal price performance), and the Alpha is an IEEE machine (yes, it supports the old inferior Vax formats for consistency, but I would still regard it as an IEEE machine). So, only 2 examples (actually there are others, notably the Unisys, and the 1750-A, but still non-IEEE machines are a nearly extinct breed, and I suspect that Java will be another significant nail in the coffin!