Hello George
Replying to a message of George White to Neil Heller:
 NH>>    result1 = longint1 * longint2 * multiplier;   /* 37 */
 GW> Fine, the float result is 37.07384 before the cast back to long.
 NH>>    result2 = longint1 * longint2 * multiplier + 0.9999F;   /* 38 */
 GW> Again fine, as the float result is 38.07375 before the cast back to
 GW> long.
 GW> According to the rules the two longs should be promoted to float
 GW> before the calculation, the calculation made and then the result cast
 GW> back to long (which discards any fractional part).
Aren't the two longs multiplied first before the result is promoted?  
Promoted to what?  The two manuals I've got disagree.  Mix Power C says 
floats are promoted to double.  Turbo C manual says that float stays float.
Alan
"Computers do bite"
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