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Article #5298Re: Commentary for third public review of X3J11 C
From: Steve C. Simmons
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1988 14:09
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1988 14:09
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Re the numeric problems: I agree with your assessments. But since this is largely a library issue, it is possible to cure the problem even with implementations that are seriously munged. This is not enough of an issue to make further delays in the standard. There's no reason why a revision of the standard cannot begin almost immediately. Clearly the folks who need the numeric changes should get together, formalize their needs, educate the rest of us on their necessity, and propose it for the revision. If we insist on making the changes in the *present* proposed standard, I think we're looking at major delays. Let's get the standard out NOW, and tighten down the libraries later. -- Steve Simmons ...!umix!itivax!vax3!scs Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI. "You can't get here from here."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!umix!b-tech!umich!itivax!scs From: scs@itivax.UUCP (Steve C. Simmons) Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Commentary for third public review of X3J11 C Summary: AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Keywords: X3J11 C, floating-point Message-ID: <197@itivax.UUCP> Date: 24 Aug 88 14:09:14 GMT References: <64919@sun.uucp> <8358@smoke.ARPA> <59@radix> <8372@smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: scs@itivax.UUCP (Steve C. Simmons) Organization: Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor Lines: 16