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  2. From: 71501.1347@CompuServe.COM (Jim Hurd)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp.mcl
  4. Subject: Short float arrays
  5. Message-ID: <920817054744_71501.1347_DHJ57-1@CompuServe.COM>
  6. Date: 17 Aug 92 05:47:44 GMT
  7. Sender: info-mcl-request@cambridge.apple.com
  8. Lines: 6
  9. Approved: comp.lang.lisp.mcl@Cambridge.Apple.C0M
  10. Original-To: MCL List <info-macl@cambridge.apple.com>
  11.  
  12. >Not necessary. Since SHORT-FLOAT's are immediate objects, storing
  13. >them in an array with an element-type of T is as good as anything.
  14.  
  15. Wouldn't arrays of short-floats eliminate some masking of the tag bits?
  16.  
  17. Jim Hurd
  18.