I specifically remember that float was not available. It was a big effort to overcome that to have basic trig functions good enough to make an "asteroids" type

I specifically remember that float was not available. It was a big effort to overcome that to have basic trig functions good enough to make an "asteroids" type game. I read about it not being available. The textbooks said so. I checked. It was a compile error to use float. Here are a couple of links. Remember this was a very long time ago. Like 20 years. https://books.google.com/books?id=O4m0TrliwscC&pg=PA297&lpg=PA297&dq=j2md+lacked+float&source=bl&ots=T72po8GzBx&sig=ACfU3U0HFwXSRpk-y_-OdQg417qpccTXGw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVyfPR5ZLoAhUaknIEHR0tAwAQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=j2md%20lacked%20float&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=O4m0TrliwscC&pg=PA297&lpg=... https://www.javaworld.com/article/2076023/go-wireless-with-j2me-and-more.html https://www.javaworld.com/article/2076023/go-wireless-with-j...