Patent ID: 7389499
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for producing computer programming code, comprising the computer-executed steps of: receiving source code, said source code containing a plurality of operations, each on a respective at least one operand in a fixed point representation; automatically generating executable code from said source code, said step of automatically generating executable code comprising: (a) automatically making a respective selective determination, for each of a plurality of said operations, whether to execute the respective operation in a floating point representation comprising the steps of: (b) with respect to each operation for which said step of automatically making a selective determination determines to execute the respective operation in said floating point representation: (c) with respect to each operation for which said step of automatically making a selective determination determines not to execute the respective operation in said floating point representation, automatically generating code performing the respective operation on the respective at least one operand in said fixed point representation.