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From: n62@nikhefh.hep.nl (Klamer Schutte)
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Subject: Re: Mark Williams C
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Date: 14 Jun 89 10:13:31 GMT
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In article <1557@atari.UUCP> kens@atari.UUCP (Kenneth Soohoo) writes:
>In article <381@laas.laas.fr> ralph@laas.laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) writes:
>>Is it true that MWC does not support the IEEE floating point standard?

>Yes, Ralph, MWC _does_ support the DEC format, which isn't a heck of a lot

>You should check out, oh, any number of other compilers if you _really_ need
>IEEE... Aztec, Alycon... ;-) Oh, and regarding the expansion bus which the

Or you can try TURBOC; it is nice, and support IEEE (extended format, 80 bits
for calculations and normal, 32 bits for float).

Klamer

PS	1 I do not have a 6888n; so i haven't tried whether it is really IEEE

PS	2 I am not connected to Borland, the Turbo company
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