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Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring

From Jason Riedy <jason@lovesgoodfood.com>
Newsgroups comp.arch
Subject Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring
Organization Just me.
References <0fbd4179-1128-4ae0-94cf-91fcc25f6401@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> <iqderu$k1$1@gosset.csi.cam.ac.uk> <4DCAED84.8000007@SPAM.comp-arch.net> <iqesrs$agv$1@gosset.csi.cam.ac.uk> <4DCCA181.9030401@SPAM.comp-arch.net>
Date 2011-05-13 00:03 -0400
Message-ID <87zkmrb62w.fsf@NaN.sparse.dyndns.org> (permalink)

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And Andy Glew writes:
>> Anyway, my point wasn't that you SHOULD provide all of that,
>> but that the traditional arithmetic model is mathematically
>> consistent, and (bluntly) IEEE 754 isn't.
>
> "Traditional mathematical model"?

If he means models backed by formal logic, then yes, 754 is fine.
  http://hal.inria.fr/inria-00534854/en/
-- 
Jason

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Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring "Paul A. Clayton" <paaronclayton@gmail.com> - 2011-05-10 19:24 -0700
  Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-05-11 08:46 +0100
    Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-11 13:11 -0700
      Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-05-11 21:51 +0100
        Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-12 20:12 -0700
          Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2011-05-12 20:53 -0700
          Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring Jason Riedy <jason@lovesgoodfood.com> - 2011-05-13 00:03 -0400
      Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-05-12 00:07 +0100
        Re: Computer arithmetic problems worth exploring "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-12 20:14 -0700

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