$ be_case_sensitive = ans
$! IEEE math?
$ echo ""
-$ echo "Perl normally uses IEEE format (T_FLOAT) floating point numbers"
-$ echo "internally on Alpha, but if you need G_FLOAT for binary compatibility"
+$ echo "Perl normally uses IEEE format (T_FLOAT) floating point numbers on"
+$ echo "Alpha and Itanium, but if you need G_FLOAT for binary compatibility"
$ echo "with an external library or existing data, you may wish to disable"
$ echo "the IEEE math option."
$ bool_dflt = use_ieee_math
$ IF use_ieee_math
$ THEN
$ extra_flags = "''extra_flags'" + "/float=ieee/ieee=denorm"
+$ ELSE
+$ IF (archname.EQS."VMS_IA64")
+$ THEN
+$ extra_flags = "''extra_flags'" + "/float=g_float"
+$ ENDIF
$ ENDIF
$ IF be_case_sensitive
$ THEN