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Article #11855Re: IEEE floating point
From: Richard A. O'Keefe
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 07:13
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 07:13
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In article <4451@inews.intel.com>, news@inews.intel.com (news accounting id) writes: > What you should do is use interval arithmetic. It uses twice the > memory and less than 3 times the time*gates. By using interval > arithmetic you at least know when something is messed up. In fact, > used typed data and you'll know if your algorithms make sense. Support for Interval arithmetic is precisely why IEEE arithmetic includes all those rounding modes. -- Should you ever intend to dull the wits of a young man and to incapacitate his brains for any kind of thought whatever, then you cannot do better than give him Hegel to read. -- Schopenhauer.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!goanna!ok From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IEEE floating point Keywords: Various contributors have discussed the pros and cons of IEEE FP Message-ID: <6024@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Date: 29 May 91 07:13:38 GMT Article-I.D.: goanna.6024 References: <9105250030.AA08036@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <5397@network.ucsd.edu> <4451@inews.intel.com> Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 12