derived types

[Norman Diamond]

> If I were to adapt C to the 170 series, I would set the following types:
> 
>       ...
> 	float			60-bits
> 	double			60-bits
> -- 
> Robert Viduya

Don't you dare.  Double doesn't have to be exactly twice a float, but there
has to be enough to assist numerical calculations in certain kinds of error
determinations.

-- Norman Diamond

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