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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: fortran to C converter
Message-ID: <8050@boring.cwi.nl>
Date: 24 Apr 89 22:19:12 GMT
References: <10176@socslgw.csl.sony.JUNET> <12247@lanl.gov> <1989Apr24.172747.993@utzoo.uucp>
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In article <1989Apr24.172747.993@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
 > In article <12247@lanl.gov> jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
 > >On the Cray, doubles have 28 digits of precision, but it takes 50 (that's
 > >right - FIFTY) time as long to compute with doubles as with singles.  That
 > >doesn't even include the fact that doubles don't vectorize!  Single precision
 > >carries 14 digits of precision and is adequate for most computation.
 > 
 > Given the pervasive nature of double in C code, sounds like Cray made a bad
 > decision (or an interim one).

Given that Cray's choice predates C, this sounds a bit strange.  Considering
K&R and Ansi C, I would say that K&R made a bad decision (and clearly an
interim one).
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