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

Thank you, Paul.

Baker

On 9/16/2010 03:25, Paul Zimmermann wrote:

        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




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