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From: khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: floating point support
Keywords: double precision, VAX G and D
Message-ID: <604@parcplace.com>
Date: 15 Sep 89 21:31:56 GMT
References: <260@argosy.UUCP>
Organization: ParcPlace Systems, Mt. View, CA
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becher@argosy.UUCP (Jonathan D. Becher) writes:

>I've been playing with the number junta in ParcPlace Smalltalk 2.4
>and need to add double-precision floating point support (it only has
>single-precision).  I'd like to include IEEE, VAX D and G formats to
>be complete.

You may wish to upgrade to version 2.5, now called "Objectworks for
Smalltalk-80", which includes support for double precision floats and
IEEE format (supplied as part of the standard set of fileIns).

For more information, contact:

	ParcPlace Systems, Inc.
	1550 Plymouth Street
	Mountain View, CA 94043
	(415) 691-6700

	e-mail: info@parcplace.com or ...!{uunet,decwrl}!parcplace!info

Please do not contact me directly.  I don't have information about
prices/availability/etc. and would have to refer you to someone else
anyway.

Mike Khaw
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