On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Matthias Buelow wrote:

> Johnny Billquist writes:
> 
> >> However, Java mandates IEEE floating point processing,
> >> which the VAX doesn't have.
> >
> >True. But there is nothing to prevent you from writing a software IEEE
> >emulating math package.
> 
> That is true, however the result would probably only have theoretical
> value :-).

Depends on what VAX you're running on. Some of the "new" ones are pretty
fast...

Also, how much FP is there in most Java code???

	Johnny

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