Hi Guys, Yes, FINALLY Thurs. night 9.30 EST, we had the final episode of All- Stars [Yeah i know that suxs!] Yeah, a anti-climax as i knew thanks to you guys, google, blogs etc etc who had won. Really, was happy that they won as they got Yielded twice. Anyway, the question is: While in the taxi heading for the finish line, who was he calling on the phone? Thanks AUS

...<gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote: I could imagine more differences in the results of compile time and run time intrinsic functions. Another reason not to do equality testing of floating point values. Yes, and I think the current thinking is more along exactly those lines - that this is a case of the reasons to avoid dependence on exact equality of floating point things in general, as ...

... Scott <garylscott@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Does someone actually produce a Fortran cross-compiler today? Every time I ask the main cross-compiler vendors (Green Hills, DDC-I), they just laugh at me. Yes. I don't personally do that kind of stuff, so I don't keep up with it, but Fortran cross compilers are bound to exist. Let's see... doing the most obvious thing (...

... Scott <garylscott@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Does someone actually produce a Fortran cross-compiler today? Every time I ask the main cross-compiler vendors (Green Hills, DDC-I), they just laugh at me. Yes. I don't personally do that kind of stuff, so I don't keep up with it, but Fortran cross compilers are bound to exist. Let's see... doing the most obvious thing (googling "fortran ...

... source code of the compiler, but instead makes use of system calls etc? Um. Compile with what? Yes, after you have a compiler, you can use it to compile the compiler. Boostrapping cam be ... not allowed by the Fortran standard, while there is no "obvious" reason they should be disallowed? Yes, that reason has been cited in the past. However, it doesn't seem to be ...

... of the compiler, but instead makes use of system calls etc? Um. Compile with what? Yes, after you have a compiler, you can use it to compile the compiler. Boostrapping cam be... not allowed by the Fortran standard, while there is no "obvious" reason they should be disallowed? Yes, that reason has been cited in the past. However, it doesn't seem to be considered much of...

...) it be trivial? That is, just compile and go? Or is not everything implemented in the source code of the compiler, but instead makes use of system calls etc? Um. Compile with what? Yes, after you have a compiler, you can use it to compile the compiler. Boostrapping cam be decidedly non-trivial. THat's the whole point, which it looks like you missed. I was thinking a) ...

...compiler) it be trivial? That is, just compile and go? Or is not everything implemented in the source code of the compiler, but instead makes use of system calls etc? Um. Compile with what? Yes, after you have a compiler, you can use it to compile the compiler. Boostrapping cam be decidedly non-trivial. THat's the whole point, which it looks like you missed. Not that I've done much...

On Sep 16, 6:35 am, bob young <alaspect...@netvigator.com> wrote: Sla#s wrote: old man joe repeated: < discredited thousand year old Every had an original thought of your own? Never, his blinders get in the way Slatts- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - yes i have why do u ask

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