From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id KAA12548; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:09:25 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA12172 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:09:24 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g6V89FH04666; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:09:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id KAA12530; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:09:14 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:09:14 +0200 From: Xavier Leroy To: Travis Bemann Cc: "Gurr, David (MED, self)" , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: ocaml, simd, & fftwgel RE: [Caml-list] Caml productivity. Message-ID: <20020731100914.A29119@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <20020730212941.A765@execpc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20020730212941.A765@execpc.com>; from bemann@execpc.com on Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 09:29:41PM -0400 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > However, there is one thing that particularly disturbs me about OCaml > - the way that it handles floating point values. In OCaml a floating > point value is always 64 bit, and because only values that are always > the size of a machine word internally are not allocated, floating > point values in OCaml are ALWAYS allocated on the heap!! "Often", but not "always". Detailed explanations on float boxing are available here: http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/numerical.html - Xavier Leroy ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners