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Re: [Stds-754] Clarify decimal encoding of NaN's



        This is item 21 for August.  (Charles, please don't use base64
        in future.  ASCII is somewhat more portable & quotable.)  - Dan

Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:05:08 -0700
From: "Tsen Jr, S Charles" <s.charles.tsen.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Stds-754] Clarify decimal encoding of NaN's
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