From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id: <9607281607.AA11318@clio.rice.edu>
Subject: Re: Long double support
To: dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie)
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 11:07:55 -0600 (CDT)
Cc: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <199607281221.IAA04141@delorie.com> from "DJ Delorie" at Jul 28, 96 08:21:49 am
Content-Type: text

> Beware the TurboC FAQ: "What does it mean when it says `floating point
> formats not linked?'".
> 
> I'd rather have a bloated printf than another FAQ.

I think a "hello world" program which is over 50K will generate a lot more FAQs
than looking for support for long-long and long-double.  At some point even
people who read the FAQ will ask "why - it's not that way on other compilers".
If you count mailing/news hits on the two subjects over the last few years ...
don't make a perceived problem worse.

As a matter of fact - I think the linking in DJGPP.ENV environment code 
by a typical user app should probably be OFF by default (I inserted the null
version into the libc which I use for everything except rebuilding 
distribution apps).