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- From: palmerp@math.orst.edu (Paul A Palmer)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
- Subject: Re: format of floating points?
- Message-ID: <PALMERP.93Jan25172122@ilanga.math.orst.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:21:22 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ilanga.PALMERP.93Jan25172122
- References: <YQH0P2M@math.fu-berlin.de> <1icbdpINNsj1@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Reply-To: Paul Palmer <palmerp@math.orst.edu>
- Organization: Dept. of Math, Oregon State University
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- In-reply-to: haible@ma2s3.uucp's message of 5 Jan 1993 16:02:01 GMT
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- In article <1icbdpINNsj1@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> haible@ma2s3.uucp (Bruno Haible) writes:
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- melchers@Harpo.Chemie.FU-Berlin.DE (Bernd Melchers) asks:
- > How are doubles coded by the ieee standard?
-
- I used to have a copy of the document describing this standard, but seem to
- have lost it. Could someone tell me how to get a copy, or even what it's
- official name is?
-
- Thanx.
-
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- Paul Palmer
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