isieee

Purpose

True for IEEE floating-point arithmetic.

Synopsis

k = isieee

Description

isieee returns 1 on machines with IEEE arithmetic and 0 on machines without IEEE arithmetic.

Machines with IEEE arithmetic include

  • IBM PC
  • Most UNIX workstations
  • Macintosh
    Machines without IEEE arithmetic include

  • VAX
  • Cray

    See Also

    computer
    

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