Floating Point

"Jim" <jimp@powersite.net>
2 Nov 1999 00:36:57 -0500

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From: "Jim" <jimp@powersite.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 2 Nov 1999 00:36:57 -0500
Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
Keywords: arithmetic, comment

I am looking for information regarding the implementation of IEEE
Floating Point


I found the standard at Fatbrain.com


And there a a few books the come back from a search, but this is a
'pig in a poke'


These books are too expensive to buy them and then see if they are
suitable.


Jim
[Depends what you have in mind. Do you want to write math libraries to
IEEE precision? Implement the basic operations in hardware? In software?
-John]


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