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| From | "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: D>F and S>F first draft |
| Date | 2015-11-23 10:58 +1100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <n2tkq7$hle$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <n2qss7$2mo$1@dont-email.me> <n2rql8$52b$1@speranza.aioe.org> <d8695637-e8a3-4766-bcc0-43250aa8b2ef@googlegroups.com> |
krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org wrote: > On Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 1:25:33 AM UTC-6, HAA wrote: > ... > > IMO all this does is eliminate a range of systems from being able to claim > > Standard compliance. The only gain I can see is that the lucky systems > > remaining won't have to document the results they do get. > > Besides iForth, which existing Forth systems will this RfD bring out of standards > compliance? I believe this has already been answered by yourself but essentially any system whose floats occupy the same or fewer bits than doubles. Let's not forget floating point is primarily about dynamic range and ease of use. Precision was the trade-off. This is reflected in the current definitions. Nothing in the definitions *restrict* precision if you have it.
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RfD: D>F and S>F first draft C G Montgomery <cgm@physics.utoledo.edu> - 2015-11-21 17:59 -0500
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-22 18:25 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 06:20 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-23 10:58 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-23 02:57 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-24 13:16 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-23 18:49 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-25 11:51 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-24 17:26 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-25 02:43 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-26 12:16 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-25 17:47 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-26 15:47 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-25 23:07 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-26 07:27 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-26 09:19 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-28 04:26 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-28 11:31 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-29 20:23 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-29 20:39 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-12-05 17:48 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2015-12-04 23:58 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-12-05 02:19 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-12-05 11:25 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2015-12-05 13:11 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-12-05 05:27 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-12-05 15:33 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-12-07 10:10 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-12-09 16:58 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-12-06 10:23 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-12-06 21:37 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-12-05 19:08 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-30 08:33 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-11-25 21:43 -1000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-28 19:28 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2015-11-26 11:37 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 15:10 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-22 20:48 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-11-22 13:42 -1000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-23 11:50 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-11-23 12:46 -1000
Forth libraries Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-11-24 08:55 +0100
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 06:33 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 16:00 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 08:53 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 09:11 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 18:24 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-22 09:07 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-11-22 18:10 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 18:26 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-22 13:58 -0500
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-23 12:34 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2015-11-23 16:39 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-24 03:00 +0100
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-11-23 13:48 +0100
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-11-23 05:19 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-11-23 16:09 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-22 20:42 +0100
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft C G Montgomery <cgm@physics.utoledo.edu> - 2015-11-22 16:43 -0500
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 18:40 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 18:51 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft C G Montgomery <cgm@physics.utoledo.edu> - 2015-11-25 15:47 -0500
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 14:29 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft "David N. Williams" <williams@umich.edu> - 2015-11-22 10:41 -0600
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