If memory serves me right, Bryan C. Warnock wrote:
> > It looks like we're going to need 8,16,32,64 bit types...
>
> Interesting read. Dan skimmed over this, but what do .NET (and JVM) doe
> for floating point numbers?
IL (Ecma-335)
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13 4.1.1 Floating Point
14 The floating point feature set consists of the user-visible
floating-point data types float32 and float64, and
15 support for an internal representation of floating-point numbers.
Float32 -- Single
Float64 -- Double
And,IIRC the same for JVM as well ?.
> Are we still targeting a middle ground for C? (Enough to be able to
> parse and handle structs natively, and possibly even make calls
> natively?)
Hmm... would be thinking of something like PInvoke in C# ?
(viz a lot like JNI, but marshalls/unmarshalls args automatically,
and we've managed to wrap parts of X11 with it).
Or are you thinking about compiling C to Parrot ?
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