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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,

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@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