Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Why do most C compilers poxily round towards zero ? Message-ID: <1990Oct11.161737.10969@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1990Oct9.230928.27552@arp.anu.oz.au> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 90 16:17:37 GMT In article shirono@ssd.csd.harris.com writes: >It is important to understand that, in type demotion, C doesn't round >either way; it simply eliminates that which it cannot use. This is a form of rounding (although not a very useful one). There are half a dozen different rounding algorithms; "rounding" is not a precise term referring to one and only one. -- Imagine life with OS/360 the standard | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology operating system. Now think about X. | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry