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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Binary floating point?
Message-ID: <8027@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 8 May 90 17:39:18 GMT
References: <12170004@hpccc.HP.COM>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <12170004@hpccc.HP.COM> weisberg@hpccc.HP.COM (Len Weisberg) writes:
: Is there a way to handle binary floating point data?
: 
: I would expect to use pack and unpack, but there are no format letters
: for float.
: 
: Actually what I am trying to do is read a file written on a VAX with
: a program running on an HP9000 (which uses IEEE floating point.
: Unless I am missing something, it looks like a C program.
: Any ideas?  Any chance for adding float (and double) to (un)?pack \?

It's already in my Todo list.

Larry