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Re: Sun's interval library



Vincent,

On 07/01/2013 11:36 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

AFAIK the notion of ulp is not defined in IEEE 754-2008.
One can see it as a synonymous of quantum (the term "ulp"
suggests that it is a property of the representation).


Yes.  I was speaking loosely.

Best regards,

Baker


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