Chapter 1<P> Floating point operations
Floating point operations
The
C compiler
uses the IEEE standard single-precision,
double-precision and extended-precision data types,
operations, and conversions. Library functions are
provided for further IEEE support.
You will probably not need any special functions to use
floating point operations in your programs. If you do,
however, you can find information about floating point
support in this chapter.
NOTE:
For more information on how the C compilation system
supports the IEEE standard see
``IEEE requirements''.
This chapter contains sections on the following topics: