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From: dave.l@mac.com
Subject: Re: [9fans] fun and scary evil C code
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:33:50 +0000
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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> As far as I can see,
> they're assuming that double is IEEE 754 and that you can
> rip apart such a representation on an random-endian machine
> and re-assemble it on an any other random-endian machine.

I lied.
They're actually using that stuff to pick apart the (presumed IEEE 754)
doubles into exponent, mantissa, ...

My questions still stand ...

Also, that file is such a tangled nest of ifdefs ...
is anyone sure whether (and if so, when) that code is invoked?

DaveL