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Re: Floating Point Test Suite

From jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: Floating Point Test Suite
Date 2015-11-12 21:46 +0000
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Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:52:33 +0100, Poutnik wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Note that there are specialized compilers / interpreters,
>> that are focused on software implementation of deliberate precision,
>> that is not supported directly by CPU/FPU.
>>
> 
> So what?  Any arbitrary precision representation has to be subject
> to the same behavior as currently specified in IEEE754.
> 
> William Kahan stated that IEEE754 was likely one of the greatest
> human accomplishments of the 20th century.

Nope, the invention of antibiotics, which has saved the lives of millions
upon millions of people.

Almost nobody knows what IEEE754 is or is effected by it.

 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-11 17:58 +0000
  Re: Floating Point Test Suite Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 23:44 +0100
    Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-11 22:54 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Test Suite Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 00:23 +0100
  Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-11 23:16 +0000
    Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-11 23:48 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-12 00:32 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Test Suite Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 07:52 +0100
        Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-12 21:13 +0000
          Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-12 21:46 +0000
            Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-12 22:27 +0000
              Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-12 23:06 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-12 23:40 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 00:12 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 00:24 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-13 06:10 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 18:56 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 20:03 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 20:40 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 20:51 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 21:10 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 21:29 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 19:35 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 03:56 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 20:34 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite "Bob Sutter" <invalid@exampl.com> - 2015-11-14 13:40 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 02:15 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 13:15 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 03:50 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-14 04:47 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 05:12 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-14 07:13 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-14 19:20 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-15 00:37 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-15 00:56 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-15 10:28 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 10:47 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-15 16:24 -0500
                Stevin "made the switching device noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-16 13:39 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-11-13 18:05 -0800

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