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author | Craig Burley <craig@jcb-sc.com> | 1999-02-20 02:05:58 +0000 |
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committer | Craig Burley <burley@gcc.gnu.org> | 1999-02-19 21:05:58 -0500 |
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diff --git a/gcc/f/ChangeLog b/gcc/f/ChangeLog index 9c20612..64b864f 100644 --- a/gcc/f/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/f/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +1999-02-20 Craig Burley <craig@jcb-sc.com> + + * g77.texi: Properly attribute Priest document; clarify + that it is in the .ps version of the Goldberg document. + 1999-02-19 Craig Burley <craig@jcb-sc.com> * bugs0.texi, bugs.texi, install0.texi, g77install.texi, diff --git a/gcc/f/g77.texi b/gcc/f/g77.texi index 8a3749f..54c1b80 100644 --- a/gcc/f/g77.texi +++ b/gcc/f/g77.texi @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ @c %**start of header @setfilename g77.info -@set last-up-date 1999-02-17 +@set last-up-date 1999-02-20 @set version-g77 0.5.24 @set email-general egcs@@egcs.cygnus.com @set email-bugs egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com @@ -11824,19 +11824,25 @@ with that produced by some other Fortran implementations. A useful source of information on floating-point computation is David Goldberg, `What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic', Computing Surveys, 23, March 1991, pp.@: -5--48. At the time of writing this is available online under -@uref{http://docs.sun.com} and there is a supplemented version at -@uref{http://www.validgh.com/}. Information related to the IEEE 754 +5--48. +An online version is available at +@uref{http://docs.sun.com}, +and there is a supplemented version, in PostScript form, at +@uref{http://www.validgh.com/goldberg/paper.ps}. + +Information related to the IEEE 754 floating-point standard by a leading light can be found at -@uref{http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Ewkahan/ieee754status }; see also -slides from the short course referenced from +@uref{http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Ewkahan/ieee754status}; +see also slides from the short course referenced from @uref{http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Efateman/}. @uref{http://www.suburbia.net/%7Ebillm/floating-point/} has a brief -guide to IEEE 754, a somewhat x86 GNU/Linux-specific FAQ and library -code for GNU/Linux x86 systems. +guide to IEEE 754, a somewhat x86-GNU/Linux-specific FAQ, +and library code for GNU/Linux x86 systems. -Also see `Differences Among IEEE 754 Implementations' by -David Goldberg, available online at +The supplement to the PostScript-formatted Goldberg document, +referenced above, is available in HTML format. +See `Differences Among IEEE 754 Implementations' by Doug Priest, +available online at @uref{http://www.validgh.com/goldberg/addendum.html}. This document explores some of the issues surrounding computing of extended (80-bit) results on processors such as the x86, @@ -11847,12 +11853,12 @@ as ``spills''. @cindex spills of floating-point results @cindex 80-bit spills @cindex truncation, of floating-point values -(@code{g77} specifically, and @code{gcc} generally, does -arbitrarily truncate 80-bit results during spills +(@emph{Note:} @code{g77} specifically, and @code{gcc} generally, +does arbitrarily truncate 80-bit results during spills as of this writing. It is not yet clear whether a future version of the GNU compiler suite will offer 80-bit spills -as an option, or as the default behavior.) +as an option, or perhaps even as the default behavior.) @c xref would be different between editions: The GNU C library provides routines for controlling the FPU, and other |