From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Aug 25 07:48:32 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 9F0C3BC3AA1 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 07:48:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from mail-wm0-x22a.google.com (mail-wm0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22a]) (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 396071E32 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 07:48:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: by mail-wm0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id i5so58074356wmg.0 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:48:32 -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:cc:reply-to:in-reply-to; bh=C3HYxhX1nfw/P+9qQeX3W6XEHnD6mBvBGHBp0sXfwt0=; b=p9wEeAhFoyF1wbSLPk2kiyjzIGLffQpvzVVa1fM6I1ctMK6WbWgidJsHqLEMABjr8q RIxJhCXYB2UWMP7e2QyVFiIYREcEUVU/adXL4TOrpYSngH/Ac10gDmqGUviUindu+mrw GyPRsL+BqNH4utmhuwT9t18jBc58P2eGZk61v9a/Okrhx+4h6aD0jNKg3GrrWC0R/hqo F5Gtqa1Cu/uNBX69GMqakkkPA673ZEpFC510SrPmoiMB6+O1qs4tmbw7XJb7Lk+VGEXh ZCucZAS5ZnSL5ZWo/hJaHFxUzooezXONap/k+sDVl5ZUieIiOE6ebY7Y/ScSGcU2jlzS LbXw== 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:cc:reply-to :in-reply-to; bh=C3HYxhX1nfw/P+9qQeX3W6XEHnD6mBvBGHBp0sXfwt0=; b=bKN6vROXGGfhH2s6ZdV2n1gmld3/Tx0UcDBhEge/OPiZ98xmAfTJ+uZ0Ay6QUZafAL gzdu/Z85hUms0TFfg/VF1FTLLDRJE6EyFSUmD3TLTzHd2sWkWPYPdPuSgRz29iO0Ryen xzab40b/KXYQE9F3mTmIGvdVL9MiVnYHATYmsNBwTP8fpqIWKkPNvxmQiNOn8DlnqzXS aR3rWppKdDAd0wHlcxiI/+OjPQ8lZIXQvv3zpU/fEmQwcAIH9vrXr2yOtL2ldDCgUfYC DMQgxgOxMjTUKEMADEiuVY9O/isgPR3yp4bx5cqHurKKta1Nn28Wgg6oy5ppqxeqWugX E1AQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouu6glcN5Hrf/Hbjl+eyEefItWHfRwGprFzTo8W+dMZdKPlCZrIKVnxUhmMs5jK+N8YN X-Received: by 10.28.15.3 with SMTP id 3mr27273328wmp.31.1472111310755; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:48:30 -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 h7sm13770883wjd.17.2016.08.25.00.48.29 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:48:30 -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 u7P7mTHT087421; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:48:29 +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 u7P7mTSO087420; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:48:29 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:48:29 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201608250748.u7P7mTSO087420@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk> To: kpn@neutralgood.org, mexas@bris.ac.uk Subject: Re: ieee 754 and p854 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: mexas@bris.ac.uk In-Reply-To: <20160825002404.GA95876@neutralgood.org> 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: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 07:48:32 -0000 >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 >