Re: Modulus (Re: hashing function for strings)

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From: Colin Plumb
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 01:15

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In article <16014@haddock.ima.isc.com> karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:
>But, given that most implementations use two's complement for integers, and
>even for floating-point exponents, why *is* sign-magnitude the standard for
>floating point significands?

Because the multiply/add ratio is much higher for floating point code,
and signed-magnitude is better for multiply at the expense of add.
-- 
	-Colin

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