Re: [ts-7000] What is needed to have floating point capabilities on 7250?

[Pat Farrell <>]

Jim Jackson wrote:
> My advice would be to first figure out if you really need FP. I've seen a
> lot of code use FP for no good reason - it could have been done with fixed
> point (integer) quite simply. Maybe it's a symptom of my age - I remember
> a time when the norm was for FP to be a large overhead you used only if
> you had to.

Floating point is evil. Fixed Point (integers with implied decimal 
points) are often enough, search the archives for some links to clever 
FFT code using fixed point.

If I had a nickel for every rookie programmer who used floating point to 
store and manipulate money, and then screwed up the arithmetic, I'd retire.

-- 
Pat Farrell                     
www.bioinformatx.com



 
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