Re: Basenote drift to the value of mid-rad forms...

["Nate Hayes" <nh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Zuras wrote:
> > A possible motion text could be:
> >
> > The standard should not support a midrad interval format or
> > nonstandard intervals, beyond providing conversion support,
> > approximately to the extent specified in the Vienna Proposal.
>
> Shall I make that motion for you?
>
> May I make it "shall not support"?
>
> Should or should not has no meaning, really.

Dan,

Such a motion should also propse that P1788 shall change its title to 
something likewise more appropriate, such as "IEEE 1788 Standard for 
Classical Inf-Sup Arithmetic" or the like.

For example, the first IEEE 754, which did not include decimal arithmetic, 
was careful to identify itself as a standard for BINARY floating-point 
arithmetic.

Nate Hayes