75008378%VAX2.NIHED.HEA.IRL@cunyvm.cuny.edu (08/08/88)
[I posted this originally some time ago: but I'm working through the EARN gatewayed version of comp.os.minix, and I think I used the wrong route out - and went down a black hole as a result! If you've seen it before, my apologies...] This may be old territory, but I've only just got access to this group so please bear with me! V1.2 cc doesn't support floating point; more accurately, libc.a doesn't have the low level support routines (nor does libsrce.a); naturally there are no higher level float functions either (trig etc.). It's interesting to see that a full scale, UNIX compatible, Operating System can be built using only int (more or less), *but*, as it happens, I'd like to use MINIX to support some undergraduate Engineering applications - and float is essential for that. So, can anyone suggest anything? e.g. is there any chance V1.3 will include float support? Has anyone added it, off their own bat? If I wanted to tackle it myself, does anyone have the exact definition of the low level calls generated by cc? Do I need to buy the ACK kit? How much is it anyway, and does it come in MINIX-PC 5.25" format? Is there any prospect (PD, commercially, or otherwise) of an ANSI compatible C for MINIX? Thanks, Barry. Barry McMullin, NIHE Dublin, Ireland. EARN/BITNET/EUNET: <MCMULLINB@VAX2.NIHED.IE>