CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) (11/06/90)
What sort of internal floating-point math package does the NeXT have? This might be a serious consideration for people who wish to purchase a home computer/workstation for (among other reasons) numerical mathematics. The Mac's Standard Apple Numerics Engine (SANE) is a full IEEE-standard floating-point math package, with 80-bit reals. Does the NeXT have a similarly precise floating-point library? And, note that SANE doesn't just give you high-precision reals; it also includes support for NAN's, rounding control, error trapping, etc. The IEEE standard is a VERY complete specification for a numeric environment. ------- Christopher Tate | cxt105@psuvm.bitnet | nobody, not even the rain, cxt105@psuvm.psu.edu | has such small hands. ..!psuvax1!psuvm.bitnet!cxt105 |
russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) (11/06/90)
In article <90309.135447CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) writes: >What sort of internal floating-point math package does the NeXT have? > Don't know about the NeXT, but the 040 chip in it implements the IEEE standard implemented by SANE. I can't believe they don't use it. -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu Tax the rich, and feed the poor -- until there are, rich no more.