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Re: Some thoughts on Motion 19 (still under vote)

       Baker,

> In particular, if I recall correctly, one of the items the
> small (not posted to this mailing list) group discussed prior
> to formulating the motion was minimal standards for arithmetics
> that were not based on IEEE 754, such as multiple precision
> arithmetic [...]

do you believe that multiple precision arithmetic is not covered by IEEE 754?
In that case, I suggest you read Section 3.7 of IEEE 754-2008.

Paul Zimmermann