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Re: Decimal Floating Point

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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:
>
>> In comp.lang.c, James Kuyper  <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/10/21 11:44 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>
>>>> I believe Fabian was referring to the IEEE standard, not the C
>>>> standard.
>>>
>>> Yes, but because they are not in the C standard, they're not C
>>> standard types, which means that the best place to ask questions
>>> about them is not this newsgroup.
>>
>> I'm reading this in comp.lang.c and I look at the Newsgroups header
>> and don't see a crosspost to comp.std.c so I'm wondering why you
>> believe "not C Standard ... not this newsgroup".
>
> Because the general (though not universal) consensus is that
> comp.lang.c is for discussion of the C language as defined by
> the standard,

I believe that is a minority view.  First off the newsgroup
(albeit with a different name) predates the existence of any ISO
or ANSI standard.  Second, and probably more important, most of
the discussion that actually takes place is about using the C
language rather than about the language per se.  Even if a
program is written in "standard C", it can reasonably lead to
questions outside the ISO standard proper, because C allows
extensions, and because tools (compilers, linkers, etc) come into
play when trying to write C code, and I think also some other
causes.  Furthermore I think there is at least tacit agreement
among most participants here that these kinds of questions are
appropriate to be brought up in the newsgroup, even if better
answers might (and I emphasize might) be available in another
venue.

What comp.lang.c is definitely NOT for is subjects that are
primarily concerned with languages other than C.  Almost everyone
(other than trolls) adheres to this principle, with a small
number of repeat offender exceptions.

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Decimal Floating Point Fabian Russell <fr314159@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 06:35 -0700
  Re: Decimal Floating Point "james...@alumni.caltech.edu" <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-10 08:17 -0700
    Re: Decimal Floating Point scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-09-10 15:44 +0000
      Re: Decimal Floating Point James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-10 12:06 -0400
        Re: Decimal Floating Point Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-09-10 18:09 +0200
          Re: Decimal Floating Point Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2021-09-10 16:23 +0000
          Re: Decimal Floating Point James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-10 12:37 -0400
        Re: Decimal Floating Point Fabian Russell <fr314159@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 09:38 -0700
          Re: Decimal Floating Point James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-10 12:58 -0400
        Re: Decimal Floating Point Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-09-10 18:11 +0000
          Re: Decimal Floating Point Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 12:13 -0700
            Re: Decimal Floating Point Fabian Russell <fr314159@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 14:52 -0700
            Re: Decimal Floating Point Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-09-11 07:09 -0700
          Re: Decimal Floating Point James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-10 23:23 -0400
        Re: Decimal Floating Point scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-09-10 19:04 +0000
          Re: Decimal Floating Point James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-10 23:23 -0400
            Re: Decimal Floating Point Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-09-18 19:20 +0200
              Re: Decimal Floating Point James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-20 00:16 -0400
    Re: Decimal Floating Point Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 11:14 -0700
      Re: Decimal Floating Point Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-09-10 23:50 +0100
        Re: Decimal Floating Point David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-09-11 20:22 +0200
          Re: Decimal Floating Point Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-11 15:37 -0700
            Re: Decimal Floating Point David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-09-12 12:58 +0200
      Re: Decimal Floating Point Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 17:36 -0700
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  Re: Decimal Floating Point Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 18:06 +0200
    Re: Decimal Floating Point Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 09:37 -0700
      Re: Decimal Floating Point Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 20:43 +0200
    Re: Decimal Floating Point "james...@alumni.caltech.edu" <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-10 09:52 -0700
      Re: Decimal Floating Point Fabian Russell <fr314159@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 10:08 -0700
        Re: Decimal Floating Point antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2021-09-11 00:36 +0000
    Re: Decimal Floating Point scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-09-10 19:07 +0000
      Re: Decimal Floating Point Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-09-11 06:31 +0200
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          Re: Decimal Floating Point Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-09-11 16:31 +0200
            Re: Decimal Floating Point Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@delq.com> - 2021-09-11 10:04 -0700
            Re: Decimal Floating Point James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-11 15:08 -0400
              Re: Decimal Floating Point Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-11 15:39 -0700
                Re: Decimal Floating Point Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2021-09-11 19:28 -0400
  Re: Decimal Floating Point Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 11:21 -0700
  Re: Decimal Floating Point Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2021-09-10 23:29 +0200
  Re: Decimal Floating Point Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2021-09-11 16:59 +0000
    Re: Decimal Floating Point Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-11 16:05 -0700
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