Remove real type

[Robert Jacques]

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:48:20 -0300, strtr <strtr at spam.com> wrote:

> abcd Wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, being an engineer, I use the reals all the time and
>> want them to stay. I would use the max precision supported by the cpu
>> then fixed precision like double any day.
>>
>> -sk
>
> For me it's the exact opposite, reproducibility/portability is key. My  
> problem with real is that I am always afraid my floats get upgraded to  
> them internally somewhere/somehow.

You do realize that the x86 floating point unit _always_ promotes floats  
and doubles to reals internally? The only way around it is for the  
compiler to use MMX/SSE unit for everything instead.