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author | Craig A. Berry <craigberry@mac.com> | 2001-08-16 17:46:15 -0500 |
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committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-08-17 02:58:59 +0000 |
commit | 24866caad75b79a9904db4da54bae384dd5e4357 (patch) | |
tree | c6f5fe81592ba372ac8172f532feb9e0feeee8bf /configure.com | |
parent | ba72df33a6d753cf825ef36afa1582ae97353a47 (diff) | |
download | perl-24866caad75b79a9904db4da54bae384dd5e4357.tar.gz |
IEEE float tweak for VMS
Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010816204836.01ab4e58@exchi01>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@11700
Diffstat (limited to 'configure.com')
-rw-r--r-- | configure.com | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/configure.com b/configure.com index 04ed20c2ff..7777baf304 100644 --- a/configure.com +++ b/configure.com @@ -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 |