4.2BSD and floating point data types

Dan Ts'o dan at rna.UUCP
Tue Nov 13 13:16:29 AEST 1984


Hi,
	Will someone please give me a quick lowdown on the usage of the
various VAX data types amongst the language subsystems of 4.2BSD UNIX ?
	For example, which languages use F, D floating point formats ?
What does (float) and (double) in C map to, how about FORTRAN ? Who uses
G and H ?
	Thanks.

					Cheers,
					Dan Ts'o
					Dept. Neurobiology
					Rockefeller Univ.
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					...cmcl2!rna!dan



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