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On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 15:29, Robin wrote: > > Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:58:55 -0500 (EST) > > From: [log in to unmask] > > It would be a great convenience for such users if there were a "standard" > > means of interfacing to a generic binary computer, with two's complement > > integers, byte sized characters, 16, 32, and 64 bit integers and logicals, 32, 64, and > > 128(?) > > 80 is a common size. Not really, is it? x86 processors have internal 80 bit fp registers but anything that has to go out to memory gets truncated to 64 bits. Since a high-level like Fortran can't/shouldn't make assumptions about where in the system a fp value is, an 80 bit kind really isn't feasible here. Are there systems that actually support 80 bit fp numbers fully? -- Neil Carlson <[log in to unmask]>