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From: eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Floating point libraries
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Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 15:43:36 EDT
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	With an Amiga purchase in the immediate future, I have been following
	the Lattice/Manx discussions, and found them very useful.  One area
	remains unclear (actually, many areas, but one of particular concern):
	floating point libraries.

	Manx is about 7 times faster than Lattice for floating point 
	operations.  Seems to indicate Manx is using assembly-coded
	routines and Lattice has C-coded routines.  Is it possible 
	to write and substitute one's own floating point libraries
	for either compiler?  I am considering hardware add-ons
	such as 32081 or 68881 (possibly home-brewed), and want a
	compiler which can take advantage of the new hardware.
	Also, it should be possible to speed up Lattice if the fp
	library can be replaced.
-- 
	Mike Eve     Boeing Aerospace, Seattle
	...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve