> > We are working on a project to add fixed-point arithmetic support to GCC. > > A GCC project description page is available here > > http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FixedPointArithmetic > > and we will create a GCC branch in the near future. If you have > > any suggestions or comments, please respond. > > I expect the Ada front-end people will be interested: the Ada language > incorporates binary and decimal fixed point types. AFAIK, it is all > done using emulation at the moment.
Not sure what you mean by "emulation". The implementation provided in GNAT is indeed a full implementation of Ada fixed point semantics. It can probably be used either as a reference implementation, or as a base for comparison (e.g. correctness comparison). Arno
