fortran to C converter

[Dik T. Winter]

In article <1989Apr24.172747.993 at utzoo.uucp> henry at utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
 > In article <12247 at lanl.gov> jlg at lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
 > >On the Cray, doubles have 28 digits of precision, but it takes 50 (that's
 > >right - FIFTY) time as long to compute with doubles as with singles.  That
 > >doesn't even include the fact that doubles don't vectorize!  Single precision
 > >carries 14 digits of precision and is adequate for most computation.
 > 
 > Given the pervasive nature of double in C code, sounds like Cray made a bad
 > decision (or an interim one).

Given that Cray's choice predates C, this sounds a bit strange.  Considering
K&R and Ansi C, I would say that K&R made a bad decision (and clearly an
interim one).
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