From: Robert Roessler <roessler@rftp.com>
To: mlin@mlin.net
Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] float precision on AMD64
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:41:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42588430.3060105@rftp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2a1a1a0c0504091814876c24a@mail.gmail.com>
Mike Lin wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> ints are appropriately wider on AMD64 ocaml, but floats don't seem to
> be...max_float and epsilon_float are the same on my 64-bit machine as
> on a 32-bit, while max_int is larger. Is this by design?
This is probably because "floats" in standard (32-bit) OCaml are
already "doubles" (they use IEEE 64-bit floating point representation). :)
Robert Roessler
roessler@rftp.com
http://www.rftp.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-10 1:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-10 1:14 Mike Lin
2005-04-10 1:41 ` Robert Roessler [this message]
2005-04-10 11:57 ` [Caml-list] " sejourne_kevin
2005-04-10 12:01 ` Ville-Pertti Keinonen
2005-04-10 14:42 ` sejourne_kevin
2005-04-10 13:19 ` Ville-Pertti Keinonen
2005-04-10 15:53 ` sejourne_kevin
2005-04-10 14:12 ` Ville-Pertti Keinonen
2005-04-11 13:24 ` Alan Falloon
2005-04-11 13:43 ` Ville-Pertti Keinonen
2005-04-11 14:25 ` Alan Falloon
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