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authorCraig A. Berry <craigberry@mac.com>2001-08-16 17:46:15 -0500
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-08-17 02:58:59 +0000
commit24866caad75b79a9904db4da54bae384dd5e4357 (patch)
treec6f5fe81592ba372ac8172f532feb9e0feeee8bf /configure.com
parentba72df33a6d753cf825ef36afa1582ae97353a47 (diff)
downloadperl-24866caad75b79a9904db4da54bae384dd5e4357.tar.gz
IEEE float tweak for VMS
Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010816204836.01ab4e58@exchi01> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@11700
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@@ -2352,9 +2352,10 @@ $ IF ans .EQS. "" THEN ans="''dflt'"
$ be_case_sensitive = "''ans'"
$! IEEE math?
$ echo ""
-$ echo "Perl normally uses G_FLOAT format floating point numbers"
-$ echo "internally, as do most things on VMS. You can, however, build"
-$ echo "with IEEE floating point numbers instead if you need to."
+$ echo "Perl normally uses IEEE format (T_FLOAT) floating point numbers"
+$ echo "internally on Alpha, but if you need G_FLOAT for binary compatibility"
+$ echo "with an external library or existing data, you may wish to disable"
+$ echo "the IEEE math option."
$ dflt = use_ieee_math
$ rp = "Use IEEE math? [''dflt'] "
$ GOSUB myread