From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,91965a012526b259 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Amado Alves Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Float to String Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:55:05 +0000 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <526nxsbun7e2.1n5a4jpe7u7ww$.dlg@40tude.net> <87bre63qh3.fsf@beeblebrox.rfc1149.net> <1hmyhi3g3ogfq.gdvw6tkdvemq.dlg@40tude.net> <1hodchxl46179.1i803q74p7on3.dlg@40tude.net> <1fu1slo2egbab.xitgjbz0nv4m.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1100271303 48812 212.85.156.195 (12 Nov 2004 14:55:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:55:03 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6171 Date: 2004-11-12T14:55:05+00:00 >>>What about a database scalable from an embedded >>>microcontroller to a super cluster? >> >>This is another issue. Mneson can run on any system that is a target of >>an Ada compiler. I believe this includes some of those, no? > > 64-bit floats and integers on a 16-bit controller? You tell me. It works on 32-bit systems namely my Pentium 3 laptop. So there is some emulation going on. And so at least theoretically you can also emulate on 16-bit. (And if not and Mneson is still wanted on some such system I'd be happy to produce a downgraded version :-)