From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Aug 24 16:48:32 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CFF4BC3A55 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 16:48:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from mail-wm0-x22c.google.com (mail-wm0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB8421179 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 16:48:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: by mail-wm0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id o80so36100303wme.1 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:48:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bris-ac-uk.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:message-id:to:subject:reply-to; bh=1FM1hJTIoqmPxWcxOCYJaMG7HRPl9T0Z1iTt9Aju4y8=; b=I6Uwkjrr8qVgfpTS9dECER1ddTgBk6UsdOQtEhcao0RN3WKYon5w7SA2bREWxH6xFw NNpUJ2Vd5am1CSb6lxDtqKZx4BzEIL3S1WK8Dt09lAGL7dUdMOm9SiTF9sOPk4X1JfAI Wje/GS8oUDWTD4vBx3EoYwPxVGVagJUL0yEVqP34HTBpnYnNkl05/wy8hpifChlyGc+o IFZb43MaKBhF6GQsHbBp9bV7CEC9Elz1NzTCz5INauTOmY2YKCOUlH/IDsi2JTzN3R83 EeynndQWFNa8jJLas9woCixGHd02Wry/rfrOhsQ1aJc54ZnAy8zq3Yc8i0mdIjq9OM6L AEIg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:message-id:to:subject:reply-to; bh=1FM1hJTIoqmPxWcxOCYJaMG7HRPl9T0Z1iTt9Aju4y8=; b=C3slo2lyPE6+NMihcitaeo4YOiDRKvVyLRrzMT/1szmWdxeyhH1NmyFasW+ih2BN5y zld6CTwg0AN2BAqm7ElOP9Gfuv8qMjLfTO7I3Le7r3qZLBa4SPMw5c/8xfKVZiBPhIDg g8SAdLx9Db4ulpwJTVgITeKECgc2GKm5FnQlYDfaPqSd2zhetW6pvylAcSLmBTqD3418 iAjNp2e5sAEpe5Wd6Us+bLlcieo/U7RPcGPt8cbgjNBT73D+uCSWCqQmsDh3DbiM8kgS x3kM78KEpQYc3pUyu2/FlQAstiGlqTBX9AhGHrx39YvxDGkDMAnHZDWyWPyoRXF+4zES /DLw== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkooutnM8Cy5oLdkicCt9x0iM0p+ioKtu7+tkg4YfmGwrxPqCTAVRoqHKy7eBn3MfHSkewg X-Received: by 10.194.21.200 with SMTP id x8mr3760955wje.129.1472057309384; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:48:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk (mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk. [137.222.170.4]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id bj8sm10836836wjc.49.2016.08.24.09.48.28 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:48:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u7OGmSle084424 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:48:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u7OGmRCj084423 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:48:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:48:27 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201608241648.u7OGmRCj084423@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ieee 754 and p854 Reply-To: mexas@bris.ac.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 16:48:32 -0000 ieee(3) and many older sources mention p854 as an extension to standard 754. I cannot find any trace of p854 past 1985. Has it been obsoleted by the development of 754? Thanks Anton