Re: Parsing binary Java doubles

On 2007-08-31, Stefan Arentz <stefan.arentz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
sb-kernel:make-double-float.
Ah I think that was the final piece of the puzzle :-) Thanks!

You could also implement it portably and use SCALE-FLOAT like
ieee-floats does it (see http://www.cliki.net/ieee-floats).

However, for full compatibility with Java you have to handle NaN and
infinity, which Common Lisp does not support portably. Hence
sb-kernel:make-double-float for a full solution.
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