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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c,comp.arch
Subject: Re: Third public review of X3J11 C (a scientist speaks up)
Message-ID: <6687@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 29 Aug 88 16:47:29 GMT
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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In article <309@eutrc3.UUCP> tnvscs@eutrc3.UUCP (c.severijns) writes:
>We have been using C for scientific computing for some time now and so far we
>only feel the need for a very few changes to the language.  [One is passing
>float by value, which is already in ANSI C.]  The second change we would like
>to be made is the possibility to compile C with "intrinsic" function

This also is already in ANSI C.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint