>>>>> "ecm" == Eric Marsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>> "fg" == Fred Gilham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
fg> Is there any way to compile long float support? I got the impression
fg> that it had become mainstream, but apparently binaries aren't
fg> distributed with it. I tried compiling it myself, but it appears to
fg> need a cross-compile, and the cross-compile script I have doesn't seem
fg> to do the job.
ecm> I don't think that it's in a state where it will build currently (even
ecm> with a cross-compile). To be more precise, it doesn't work for me.
ecm> I will send you the changes that I made (that help get a little
ecm> further) next week (currently in Kyoto wihtout much internet access).
Just to note that the long-float support, while cool, had some
deficiencies. In particular, I think all special functions like sin,
cos, etc. would only give double-float precision results because at
the time there were no long-float versions of the routines. Don't
know if that's still true.
Ray
