From fa0848d53aba4ed4a4d4ca6be8b8d1dc78581d65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Burley Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 02:05:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] fix doc attributions, etc. From-SVN: r25334 --- gcc/f/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gcc/f/g77.texi | 32 +++++++++++++++++++------------- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/f/ChangeLog b/gcc/f/ChangeLog index 9c206120ac8..64b864f1e91 100644 --- a/gcc/f/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/f/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +1999-02-20 Craig Burley + + * g77.texi: Properly attribute Priest document; clarify + that it is in the .ps version of the Goldberg document. + 1999-02-19 Craig Burley * bugs0.texi, bugs.texi, install0.texi, g77install.texi, diff --git a/gcc/f/g77.texi b/gcc/f/g77.texi index 8a3749fee28..54c1b803f4e 100644 --- a/gcc/f/g77.texi +++ b/gcc/f/g77.texi @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ @c %**start of header @setfilename g77.info -@set last-up-date 1999-02-17 +@set last-up-date 1999-02-20 @set version-g77 0.5.24 @set email-general egcs@@egcs.cygnus.com @set email-bugs egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com @@ -11824,19 +11824,25 @@ with that produced by some other Fortran implementations. A useful source of information on floating-point computation is David Goldberg, `What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic', Computing Surveys, 23, March 1991, pp.@: -5--48. At the time of writing this is available online under -@uref{http://docs.sun.com} and there is a supplemented version at -@uref{http://www.validgh.com/}. Information related to the IEEE 754 +5--48. +An online version is available at +@uref{http://docs.sun.com}, +and there is a supplemented version, in PostScript form, at +@uref{http://www.validgh.com/goldberg/paper.ps}. + +Information related to the IEEE 754 floating-point standard by a leading light can be found at -@uref{http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Ewkahan/ieee754status }; see also -slides from the short course referenced from +@uref{http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Ewkahan/ieee754status}; +see also slides from the short course referenced from @uref{http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Efateman/}. @uref{http://www.suburbia.net/%7Ebillm/floating-point/} has a brief -guide to IEEE 754, a somewhat x86 GNU/Linux-specific FAQ and library -code for GNU/Linux x86 systems. +guide to IEEE 754, a somewhat x86-GNU/Linux-specific FAQ, +and library code for GNU/Linux x86 systems. -Also see `Differences Among IEEE 754 Implementations' by -David Goldberg, available online at +The supplement to the PostScript-formatted Goldberg document, +referenced above, is available in HTML format. +See `Differences Among IEEE 754 Implementations' by Doug Priest, +available online at @uref{http://www.validgh.com/goldberg/addendum.html}. This document explores some of the issues surrounding computing of extended (80-bit) results on processors such as the x86, @@ -11847,12 +11853,12 @@ as ``spills''. @cindex spills of floating-point results @cindex 80-bit spills @cindex truncation, of floating-point values -(@code{g77} specifically, and @code{gcc} generally, does -arbitrarily truncate 80-bit results during spills +(@emph{Note:} @code{g77} specifically, and @code{gcc} generally, +does arbitrarily truncate 80-bit results during spills as of this writing. It is not yet clear whether a future version of the GNU compiler suite will offer 80-bit spills -as an option, or as the default behavior.) +as an option, or perhaps even as the default behavior.) @c xref would be different between editions: The GNU C library provides routines for controlling the FPU, and other -- 2.30.2