ericg@sco.UUCP (Eric Griswold of QA) (06/18/86)
Is there a floating point "library" available for Action, that is a package to allow floating point operations and hopefully some sane implementation of type "float" or need I delve into the Atari OS fp routines and kludge it? TIA Eric Griswold {ihnp4, amdcad, cithep, microsoft}!sco!ericg
langdon@lll-lcc.UUcp (Bruce Langdon) (06/21/86)
In article <190@sco.UUCP>, ericg@sco.UUCP (Eric Griswold of QA) writes: > Is there a floating point "library" > available for Action, that is a > package to allow floating point operations... OSS sells the Action Toolkit which has FP access by creating a REAL data TYPE, and procedures that interface to the ROM. However, each FP operation must be a procedure call; you can't say y = a*x+b. FP is Action's weakest area. There is a LOT of stuff in the Toolkit, for PMG, I/O, sorting.... Even if you don't outright INCLUDE the files in your program, you may find them as informative as I have. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Langdon L-472 langdon@lll-lcc.ARPA Physics Department "langdon#bruce%d@lll-mfe.ARPA" Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94550 (415) 422-5444 UUCP: ..{ihnp4,qantel,ucdavis,pyramid,styx}!lll-lcc!langdon ..{gymble,seismo}!lll-crg!lll-lcc!langdon
rogerc@orca.UUCP (Roger M. Christal) (06/24/86)
In article <349@lll-lcc.UUcp> langdon@lll-lcc.UUcp (Bruce Langdon) writes: >OSS sells the Action Toolkit which has FP access by creating a REAL >data TYPE, and procedures that interface to the ROM. However, each FP >operation must be a procedure call; you can't say y = a*x+b. >FP is Action's weakest area. Well, I personally think there are some areas which are even weaker. For example, if you have a variable defined as a CARD (unsigned 16-bit integer) AND that value is larger than 32767, dividing it by any number greater than 1 will give incorrect results. Now that's what I call WEAK (feeble, stupid, etc.) ! Mugs Away, Mate! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - \\\\\\ _________ Doctor Dart - - - - - - - - >>>>>>----==(_________)----- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ////// Roger M. Christal >>=- ..!tektronix!rogerc@orca