[clean-list] Re: 1.Floating Point Support (clean-list digest)

[Siegfried Gonzi]

clean-list-admin@cs.kun.nl wrote:

>  [Alas, few chips support the - optional! -
> IEEE754 extended format, among them the Intel 80x86/7 family and
> Motorola 68040/60.]

Once a teacher asked in a newsgroup how he can  iterate the 'e' function. Formerly he did it in
curriculum on math with a 68040 or so. And the school bought iMacs, and the PowerPC only supports
64bit (the 68040 simulated 96bits  or so). Besides that the teacher's math-examples in school are
completely unrealistic, it is though interesting that Apple or Motorola dropped the enhanced
(optional) precision.


Regards,
S. Gonzi