#9251: ghc does not expose branchless max/min operations as primops -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: carter | Owner: carter Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: #9246 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by carter): Java is full of bad floating point design issues, not looking there for ANY design input. theres a fun rant here http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/JAVAhurt.pdf As i'm a very hefty user of ghc for floating point computation, i'm going to be very very thoughtful on the design :) -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9251#comment:5 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler