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Re: P1788.1/M002.01: Required operations - PLEASE VOTE



> On Nov 23, 2015, at 1:18 AM, Oliver Heimlich <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 22.11.2015 21:31, Oliver Heimlich wrote:
>> I vote NO on M002.01.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> Oliver Heimlich
>> 
> 
> I would like to add my personal rationale:
> 
> The operations in question are rarely needed in everyday use.

Although I voted Yes, I agree with Oliver. I would say the same 
applies to all the integer functions, and we can do just fine without 
them. 

[…]

> The lesson learned from IEEE 754 is that you can't expect the full
> standard be implemented everywhere. So let's make it easy to at least
> implement a simplified standard everywhere.

Yes, indeed. 

Regards,
Ned

> 
> Best regards
> Oliver