P1788 Motion M0021.02 YES

["Nate Hayes" <nh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I vote yes for Motion 21.2 interval overlapping:

I think it is specified clear enough not to be global state, e.g., the 
result of the interval overlapping operator is a first-class abstract data 
type IOV (this is something the IEEE 754 documents didn't do).

I also see the motion is practical, particularly for applications of 
temporal and spatial sorting (including red-black trees). With proper 
hardware support these algorithms should be much faster due to interval 
overlapping. Since we use these algorithms in our products and applications, 
we would make good use of any interval processor that suppported interval 
overlapping operations.

Sincerely,

Nate Hayes
Sunfish Studio, LLC