Re: M0047 : NO
I vote NO to Motion 47, for the reasons given by Svetoslav.
Dave.
On 27 Aug 2013, at 13:23, Svetoslav Markov wrote:
> My vote on Motion 47 is NO.
>
> I have changed my mind on Motion 45 on the base of the
> last discussions. In particular,
>
> I agree with Michel Hack :
>
> "I would vote YES if P1788 included a complete standard for
> Complete Arithmetic, ..."
>
> and I agree with Ian McIntosh :
>
> " I support having EDP but not mandatorily implemented via CA ...."
>
> IMO the CA as formulated by Motion 45 is too much hardware
> oriented. Exact Dot Product should be required in P1788 but
> not mandatory based on CA. I think that dot product is as fundamental
> operation as are addition and multiplication.
>
> S Markov
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