Rounding modes.

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From: Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 10:56

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Is there any High Level Language which allows one to select the different
rounding modes as provided by the IEEE 754 floating point standard?

Thanks.

Napi
[Many C implementations have library functions to set the mode dynamically,
e.g. fpsetround() in System V. -John]
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From: napi@jaring.ism.my (Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah)
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Subject: Rounding modes.
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