• "Bjornar Svingen" <bjornar.svingen ktv.no> Mar 02 2003

"Bjornar Svingen" <bjornar.svingen ktv.no> writes:

 extended = no longer a keyword
 real = 80 bit floating point
 cfloat =  complex float
 cdouble = complex double
 creal = complex real
 ifloat = imaginary float
 idouble = imaginary double
 ireal = imaginary real


The "real" for extended sounds a bit strange. I would prefer something like
real32
real64
realMAX
complex32
complex64
complexMAX
imaginary32
imaginary64
imaginaryMAX

This will be consistent IMO. Anyway, as long as the keywords are there, the
names doesnt really matter. With the array handling, attributes and these
keywords along with the nice grammar in general, it looks like D could be
THE choice for numerical programming (if the speed is up that is).