[lmi-commits] [lmi] master 17b62a5 1/6: Update history of C and C++ numerics

[Greg Chicares]

branch: master
commit 17b62a5c540d75dabfb0228cb85aef73e3911758
Author: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>
Commit: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>

    Update history of C and C++ numerics
---
 fenv_lmi_x86.hpp |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fenv_lmi_x86.hpp b/fenv_lmi_x86.hpp
index e123444..c845c92 100644
--- a/fenv_lmi_x86.hpp
+++ b/fenv_lmi_x86.hpp
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 /// is that C was strangely slow to adopt sophisticated numerics:
 ///   1980: 8087 introduced
 ///   1985: IEEE 754
-///   1999: C finally gets fesetenv(), but without precision control *
+///   1999: C finally adds <fenv.h>, but without precision control *
+///   2011: C++ finally adds <cfenv>, but it's just C99 in ns std
 /// which left setting the control word to nonstandard routines or
 /// nonportable asm, and part is that function _control87() in the
 /// widely-used msvc rtl takes an argument that differs gratuitously