Re: What happened to short float?

From	Tim Prince <tprince@intelretiree.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c, comp.std.c
Subject	Re: What happened to short float?
Date	2018-02-05 08:55 -0500
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On 2/2/2018 5:08 PM, jacobnavia wrote:
> Le 17/01/2018 à 17:42, James R. Kuyper a écrit :
>> On 01/17/2018 11:21 AM, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
>>> At the 2016 London meeting of WG14, adding a new short float type
>>> (N2016) was discussed, and there was a clear consensus to move forward.
>>>
>>> What has happened about short float since?
>>
>> I don't know the answer, but I've cross-posted this message to
>> comp.std.c, since that's a more appropriate place for this question.
> 
> Wow!
> What an ovewhelming feedback!
> After three weeks there is only silence...
Perhaps there is little more to say.  The format has little attraction
for portable code, as many platforms can't implement it efficiently.

-- 
Tim Prince

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Re: What happened to short float? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2018-02-02 23:08 +0100
  Re: What happened to short float? Jakob Bohm <jb-usenet@wisemo.com> - 2018-02-05 07:57 +0100
    Re: What happened to short float? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2018-02-05 05:31 -0800
  Re: What happened to short float? Tim Prince <tprince@intelretiree.com> - 2018-02-05 08:55 -0500
    Re: What happened to short float? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2018-02-05 15:46 +0100
    Re: What happened to short float? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2018-02-08 01:29 +0100
      Re: What happened to short float? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-07 16:59 -0800
        Re: What happened to short float? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2018-02-08 09:08 +0100
          Re: What happened to short float? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-08 09:27 -0800
        Re: What happened to short float? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2018-02-08 09:54 +0100
          Re: What happened to short float? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-08 10:13 -0800
        Re: What happened to short float? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2018-02-08 06:36 -0800
          Re: What happened to short float? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2018-02-08 17:04 +0100
            Re: What happened to short float? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2018-02-08 08:56 -0800
              Re: What happened to short float? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-02-08 17:23 +0000
              Re: What happened to short float? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2018-02-08 18:52 +0100
                Re: What happened to short float? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2018-02-08 11:27 -0800
                Re: What happened to short float? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2018-02-08 22:58 +0100
          Re: What happened to short float? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-08 10:18 -0800
      Re: What happened to short float? Jakob Bohm <jb-usenet@wisemo.com> - 2018-02-08 18:59 +0100
        Re: What happened to short float? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2018-02-08 16:22 -0600
          Re: What happened to short float? Jakob Bohm <jb-usenet@wisemo.com> - 2018-02-09 15:01 +0100

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