Re: The history of the word 'format' in 754...

[Arnold Neumaier <Arnold.Neumaier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nate Hayes wrote:
> > Dan Zuras wrote:
> > > Isn't concern for correct computing the
> > > point of ALL interval algorithms?
> >
> > It has been pointed out to me by John and Arnold that one sometimes 
> > wishes to compute 1/[-1,1]=[-Inf,Inf] without generating an exception. 

This is typically useless (though one does not need the decoration to
see that.

But computing sqrt([-4,4])=[0,2] without generating an exception is
frequently desirable.