Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 01:35:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Samuel Vincent <svincent AT cs DOT sonoma DOT edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: mwallace AT skyler DOT wiltel DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Fixed point math
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On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Jun 1996 mwallace AT skyler DOT wiltel DOT com wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have or know of any good fixed point math
> > routines written for DJGPP?  I've tried porting from
> > other compilers, but I am not having any luck.  It
> > seems like sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
> 
> Allegro seems to have it.  I didn't look, but the recent announcement by 
> its author says this (among other features):
> 
>    Fixed point 16.16 math functions including lookup table trig.
> 
> You can get Allegro at this URL:
> 
>    ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2tk/alleg21.zip


I am curious.  Is there any reason long long ints are not used for fixed
point math?  It would provide 64 bits of precision..  Making a 32.32
possible...

-Sam