Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:47:41 +0100
From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id:	<199911221347.OAA32411@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Imaginary Numbers
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization:	RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
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Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

In article <3838AF63 DOT 6DDD2A0F AT snetch DOT cpg DOT com DOT au> you wrote:
> Another way to do it is to have two floating point parts for both
> the real and imaginary parts and doing the equations for imaginary
> multiplication, etc.  yourself.

OK, except that doing so, you disregard the works of the gcc makers
put into their implementation of '__complex__' datatypes. Check

	info gcc "C Extensions" "complex"

for the details. Granted, you make your code unportable to other
compilers than GCC, that way. But it's quite a bit nicer than having
to do it all yourself...

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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