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Re: Meeting the Scope and Purpose of P754



David Hough 754R work <754r@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's a lesson to anybody planning to put incompletely-defined
instructions into an instruction set intended to last a long time.

Amen.  And the same applies to standards!

If it is necessary to leave something unspecified, it should be
stated explicitly and be crystal clear exactly how much is
unspecified.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
Email:  nmm1@xxxxxxxxx
Tel.:  +44 1223 334761    Fax:  +44 1223 334679

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