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Article #1771Re: Moving floating point values around
From: Jim Valerio
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1988 08:39
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1988 08:39
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In article <4256@lynx.UUCP> m5@lynx.UUCP (Mike McNally) asks if it is okay
to move floating-point values around on the '86 without using the '87
FLD/FSTP instructions.
The IEEE 754/854 standards say:
"Whether copying without change of format is considered
an operation is an implementation option."
If you aren't familiar with the 754/854 standards, it may not be obvious
that this means that you are encouraged to do exactly what Mike is asking.
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Jim Valerio jimv%radix@omepd.intel.com, {verdix,omepd}!radix!jimv
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!littlei!omepd!radix!jimv From: jimv@radix (Jim Valerio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,comp.lang.c,comp.arch Subject: Re: Moving floating point values around Keywords: IEEE-754 Message-ID: <61@radix> Date: 26 Aug 88 08:39:52 GMT References: <4256@lynx.UUCP> Reply-To: jimv@radix.UUCP (Jim Valerio) Distribution: na Organization: Radix MicroSystems, Beaverton Lines: 13