Re: Motion P1788/M0002.01_ProcessStructure YES
On 2009-03-16 08:48:54 -0700, Dan Zuras Intervals wrote:
> First, those of you who are familiar with 754-1985 but not
> 754-2008 should know that the new standard contains optional
> support for arbitrary precision arithmetic.
I don't know what you mean by "optional support for arbitrary
precision arithmetic". But 754-2008 only defines fixed-width
(and fixed-precision) formats. Arbitrary precision arithmetic
(such as the one defined by the MPFR library) is out of the
scope of the 754 standard (though there are many similarities).
Anyway I don't see anything in Sections 1 and 2 that would be
against arbitrary precision arithmetic, and...
> So a vote for this proposal is not a vote against the use of
> arbitrary precision.
I agree.
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