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Subject: Re: Java floating-point mess
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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 13:15:00 -0000
From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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<<The front end is required to do these computations in some contexts,
namely compile-time constants.  This is a concern to us, but it isn't
immediately pressing.  We already violate the spec with respect to
compile-time constants in several ways.
>>

Sure, of course I understand that, but these computations should be done
using simulated IEEE arithmetic rather than host arithmetic.