Re: Precision of floating point multiply

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From: Nick Maclaren
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:59

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In article <cevgnvkev8rmbb4q6qtmnp1mm6a26ee17n@4ax.com>,
Brian Inglis  <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca> wrote:
>>
>>What if the number isn't normalized ? ___________________________Gerard S.
>
>IBM FP does not support denormals. 

So?  It most definitely supports unnormalised numbers, which are very
different from IEEE denormals, but may be introduced into IEEE 754R
(for decimal only).

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Subject: Re: Precision of floating point multiply
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