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From: GOODENOUGH@A.ISI.EDU (John B. Goodenough)
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Subject: Re: Fixed point reals
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Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 09:45:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  2 09:45:05 1987
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The declaration

	type REAL is delta 0.01;

should be rejected by a compiler.  The ACVC tests for 1.9 have been greatly
strengthened in the fixed point area, and should detect this deficiency.
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