In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/a19564f7dac42c5dc47e1e3e792d670223548c44?hp=69d1f2c2cdaa4ac2f37372e8c15c679848df2252>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit a19564f7dac42c5dc47e1e3e792d670223548c44 Author: Jarkko Hietaniemi <[email protected]> Date: Sun Oct 16 15:12:29 2016 -0400 netbsd/vax perldelta tweakery. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perldelta.pod | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 0168d73..c218051 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -296,9 +296,12 @@ changes as paragraphs below it. ] =item NetBSD/VAX -Perl now compiles (again?) under NetBSD on VAX machines (though it's not -possible for that platform to implement floating-point infinities and NaNs -compatibly with most systems). +Perl now compiles under NetBSD on VAX machines. However, it's not +possible for that platform to implement floating-point infinities and +NaNs compatibly with most modern systems, which implement the IEEE-754 +floating point standard. The hexadecimal floating point (C<0x...p[+-]n> +literals, C<printf %a>) is not implemented, either. +The C<make test> passes 98% of tests. =back -- Perl5 Master Repository
