Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem!

From	jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Newsgroups	comp.arch, alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem!
Date	2011-08-30 13:32 +0000
Organization	"Have EDDT, will travel"
Message-ID	<PM0004ABB937A8E0AF@ac81f014.ipt.aol.com> (permalink)

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Andy "Krazy" Glew wrote:
> On 8/29/2011 9:56 AM, nmm1@cam.ac.uk wrote:
>> In article<4E5BB93F.2030406@SPAM.comp-arch.net>,
>> Andy \"Krazy\" Glew<andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net>  wrote:
>>> On 8/29/2011 4:56 AM, Terje Mathisen wrote:

<snip interesting discussion>

>
> I am collecting these against the next time I am involved in an effort
> like MMX.  Where shortsighted people will say "all we need to support is
> 4:2:2 YUV, and we should add a special instruction just for that",
> rather than more general support.  Or vice versa.

Please consider putting your collections on bitsavers, or somewhere,
so that the knowledge doesn't get lost.

/BAH

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Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2011-08-30 13:32 +0000
  Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-08-30 07:02 -0700
    Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! Morten Reistad <first@last.name> - 2011-08-30 17:09 +0200
    Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2011-08-31 13:21 +0000
      Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-08-31 07:55 -0700
        Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2011-09-01 13:39 +0000
          Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2011-09-02 01:24 +1000
          Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-09-01 08:28 -0700
            Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2011-09-02 13:44 +0000
      Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2011-09-01 04:30 +1000
        Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2011-09-01 13:39 +0000
          Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2011-09-02 01:26 +1000

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