Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:48:29 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> To: kpn@neutralgood.org, mexas@bris.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ieee 754 and p854 Message-ID: <201608250748.u7P7mTSO087420@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20160825002404.GA95876@neutralgood.org>
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>From kpn@gunsight1.neutralgood.org Thu Aug 25 01:49:30 2016 > >On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 05:48:27PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> 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? > >Wasn't 854 base 10? I have a vague memory that 854 was incorporated into >the 2008 revision of 754. yes, apparently it has been merged with 754. Thanks Anton > >There's probably more if you care to wade through it: >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754_revision > >-- >Kevin P. Neal http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/ > On the community of supercomputer fans: >"But what we lack in size we make up for in eccentricity." > from Steve Gombosi, comp.sys.super, 31 Jul 2000 11:22:43 -0600 >
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