Remove real type
abcd
s at tmp.com
Wed Apr 21 19:20:59 PDT 2010
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
Walter Bright wrote:
> bearophile wrote:
>> I suggest to remove the real type from D2 because:
>
> D being a systems programming language should give access to the types
> supported by the CPU. If you don't like real, don't use it! It's not
> hard to avoid.
>
> Furthermore, reals are supported by gcc and dmc, and part of D's mission
> is to interoperate with C's data types.
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