Re: IEEE-754-2008 2's complement question

From	Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Subject	Re: IEEE-754-2008 2's complement question
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Date	2012-03-05 17:01 -0500

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> No, that is a fatal defect to the scheme.  When I
> first considered the problem, I briefly thought that
> value-dependent variable-precision is fatal, but
> actually it's not, or it shouldn't be.

Well, I had a good laugh anyway, because it was really good, since I assumed
it was a "comp.arch homework answer".


        Stefan

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    Re: IEEE-754-2008 2's complement question BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-04 13:21 -0700
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