8 Oct
2005
8 Oct
'05
1:08 p.m.
It certainly makes life easier, but it also has its cost. Some CPUs for example don't have a FPU, making floating-point compuation expensive. It might be a good idea to use an integral type (with a small unit, such as you suggest above) at least in those cases.
I doubt there will be much need for a GUI for these CPUs. Anyway, the amount of floating point computation involved would be tiny, so most probably software emulation of floating point would be just fine. cheers, Marcin