[julia-users] Re: If (in my system) Int is an alias for Int32, then why there is no Float alias for Float32/64?

[Felix]

to comply with the IEEE 754 standard 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-1985

On Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:47:07 PM UTC, Ismael VC wrote:
>
> julia> type Patient
>            age::Int
>            height::Float
>        end
> ERROR: Float not defined
>
> julia> type Patient
>            age::Int
>        end              
>
> julia> Patient(7)
> Patient(7)
>
> julia> Float
> Float64        Float32        Float16        FloatingPoint  
>         
> julia> Int
> Int32               Int16               Integer             
> InterruptException  
> Int                 Int64               Int8                Intrinsics     
>      
> Int128              IntrinsicFunction   IntSet              
>
> julia> type Patient
>            age::Int
>            height::FloatingPoint
>        end
>
> julia> Patient(7, 1.20)
> Patient(7,1.2)
>
>
> Is FloatingPoint the same as using the Int alias for floats, so that if I 
> run the script in a 64bit OS it can run unmodified?
>
> Ismael VC
>