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Motion P1788/M0004.01_Keep_to_754 NO

I vote NO
 
I woud vote YES if the motion were changed according to Arnold's 
suggestion:  
===Revised Motion text===
   P1788 strives to be independent of IEEE-754 as far as meaningful,
   but assumes a computer architectures that is 754-compliant to the
   extent this is necessary for a meaningful interpretation.

 Arnold's suggestion practically invalidates that motion. So it should 
be: the idea of interval computations is revolutionary in scientific computing,
it already had an impact on the FP-standard and it should be expected to
have further impact. For instance, IMO  IEEE-754 is not suitable for MidRad
presentation of intervals.

  Svetoslav