Re: David Williams' Proposal for Optional IEEE 754 FP Word Sets

From	minforth <minforth@gmx.net>
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Subject	Re: David Williams' Proposal for Optional IEEE 754 FP Word Sets
Date	2026-05-11 12:20 +0200
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Am 06.05.2026 um 23:14 schrieb Krishna Myneni:
> Since David's original webpages no longer appear to be accessible I have 
> placed his last version (v0.5.5) of his IEEE 754 floation-point word 
> set(s) on my website. A subset of files from his folder, relevant to the 
> above proposal, are located at the link below.
> 
> https://ccreweb.org/documents/programming/forth/standards/forth-200x/ 
> proposals/ieee-fp/dnw/
> 
> Please see the readme.txt file in this directory for an explanation of 
> its contents.
I am really impressed by all the good work put into these tests.
Also since the standard Forth test suite for fp-numbers is only
rudimentary.

Just for completeness (and because it is a bit out of my realm):

Are there any differences between the Forth test results and the results
obtained by C standard libraries math.h and float.h ?

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