From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" Message-ID: <874rk5a593.fsf@becket.becket.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: Subject: Re: [9fans] GUI toolkit for Plan 9 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:10:23 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 55a64d16-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 rob@plan9.bell-labs.com (rob pike) writes: > Also, Plan 9's compilers are known to be weak in floating point, so > make sure you include tests that both include and exclude FP. I think everyone can agree that for systems programming, floating point is not a very important benchmark, though it is exceedingly important for many users. However, one way of implementing zooming user interfaces is very floating point dependent, so it is perhaps becoming more important than it used to be. (My preferred implementation is with exact rationals, however, so it doesn't really matter to me.)