> The 6 byte real isn't supported by fpc because it isn't handled by the
> fpu and thus deadly slow. For maybe 12 years, every new PC has an fpu.
AFAIK, FPC 2.0 supports the Real48 type... Isn't it?
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Lowell C. Savage wrote:
> Has anyone come up with a set of routines for converting between Turbo
> Pascal's 6-byte "real" format and FPC's real number format?
http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/real2double.html
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> I am trying to use FPC to update a legacy TP 5.5 program. I've got
Has anyone come up with a set of routines for converting between Turbo
Pascal's 6-byte "real" format and FPC's real number format?
I am trying to use FPC to update a legacy TP 5.5 program. I've got most of
the "major" issues solved and am now finding that I'm having trouble
reading legacy dat
