Re: ADA arithmetic

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In article <1993Jul29.133129.1@otago.ac.nz>, is20115@otago.ac.nz writes:
|> In article <EACHUS.93Jul26135137@spectre.mitre.org>, eachus@spectre.mitre.or
g (Robert I. Eachus) writes:
|> > 
|> >      Mike, if a teacher is handing out assignments like this, I want
|> > to know what the class is!  I've now done two portable packages for
|> > extended arithmetic in Ada, and it is not something taught in any
|> > undergraduate or graduate curriculum that I am aware of.  If it were,
|> > the SPARC architecture would show up much better in most benchmarks.
|> > (In particular on most SPARC chips, the algorithms recommended in the
|> > SPARC architecture manual are much slower than simpler shorter
|> > routines that DO set the condition codes correctly.)
|> > 
|> > --
|> > 
|> Would you be able to give me the address of an FTP site which has the packag
e
|> ADAR?   I haven't been able to find it yet and am not sure how to go about
|> Craig.
|> finding it, it would be much appreciated thanx.
|> 
|> 
ADAR is on ajpo.sei.cmu.edu under public/atip/adar ... it is also on the Ada
CDROM under ajpo/atip/adar

Rick Conn