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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Radians Or Degrees? |
| Date | 2024-02-23 18:49 -0800 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes: > >> On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:16:32 +0000, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >> >>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes: >>> >>>> On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:38:59 -0000 (UTC), Steven G. Kargl wrote: >>>> >>>>> Note 2: subnormal values ... >>>> >>>> Why did they bring in the term "subnormal", anyway? What was wrong with >>>> "denormalized"? >>> >>> Greater clarity maybe? After all, the two terms do mean different >>> things. In IEEE FP only subnormals can exist, but it surely helps to be >>> able to talk about the difference. >> >> I thought they were the same thing: extra numbers inserted in the gap >> between the normalized number closest to zero on each side, to allow for >> gradual underflow. > > Those are subnormal. They are smaller (in magnitude) than the smallest > normal. Denormals are simply representations with leading zeros. IEEE > FP's implicit leading 1 means these (denormals that are not subnormal) > can't exist in that representation. There is some terminology confusion here. Depending on what source is consulted, the term "denormal" has different meanings. On Wikipedia, for example, "denormal numbers" redirects to "subnormal number". Apparently the IEEE floating point standard uses the term differently. Other sources are not consistent. Note that the ISO C standard uses and defines the terms "subnormal floating-point numbers" and "unnormalized floating-point numbers", as disjoint sets, distinct from normalized floating-point numbers (which the ISO C standard also defines). I expect it would help the conversation to use these three terms (normalized, subnormal, and unnormalized) and no others, since "denormal" or "denormalized" seems to mean different things depending on which source is used.
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Re: Radians Or Degrees? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-03-16 20:49 +0200
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-03-16 16:19 -0700
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Re: Radians Or Degrees? bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-03-17 01:57 +0000
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Re: Radians Or Degrees? Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no> - 2024-03-23 09:11 +0100
Re: Radians Or Degrees? "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2024-03-20 17:02 +0000
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Re: Radians Or Degrees? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-03-21 00:03 +0200
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Re: Radians Or Degrees? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-03-20 16:34 -0400
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no> - 2024-03-21 08:38 +0100
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-02-23 14:32 +0200
Re: Radians Or Degrees? mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) - 2024-02-23 20:02 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2024-02-23 20:38 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) - 2024-02-23 22:29 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-23 22:39 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2024-02-24 04:03 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-24 04:47 +0000
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Re: Radians Or Degrees? "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2024-02-23 23:20 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-23 22:39 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-02-23 23:16 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-23 23:44 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-02-24 01:15 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-24 01:19 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-02-24 01:27 +0000
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Re: Radians Or Degrees? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-02-25 12:57 +0200
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-24 02:21 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2024-02-24 02:49 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-24 03:07 +0000
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Re: Radians Or Degrees? Kaz Kylheku <433-929-6894@kylheku.com> - 2024-02-23 23:30 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-02-24 02:25 -0500
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-24 21:21 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-02-24 17:32 -0500
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-24 22:50 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no> - 2024-02-25 16:19 +0100
Re: Radians Or Degrees? mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) - 2024-02-25 18:11 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no> - 2024-02-23 11:01 +0100
Re: Radians Or Degrees? "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2024-02-22 22:09 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-22 22:30 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-02-23 00:56 +0200
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-22 23:03 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-02-22 00:15 +0100
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-22 01:55 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-02-22 09:32 +0100
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2024-02-22 09:38 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-02-22 11:04 +0100
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-02-22 14:28 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-02-22 16:26 +0100
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-02-22 19:45 +0000
Re: Radians Or Degrees? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-02-22 21:30 +0000
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