On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 08:37:44PM +0400, Denis Antrushin wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 05:15:33PM +0400, Denis Antrushin wrote: > > > >>Steve Kargl wrote: > >> > >>>Can someone confirm or refute that the working number > >>>of bits in the significand of long double type is 53 > >>>on i386? > >>> > >> > >>Yes, this is what IEEE 754 requires. > >>(See http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html, > >>section 'The IEEE Standard') > >> > > > >BZZZT. > > > >You're not even close to correct. See Table 1 in the IEEE > >754 standard and then read section 3.4. > > > > Well, you know the answer then ;-)
I know what IEEE-754 specifies. I don't know what FreeBSD implements. In particular, float.h misrepresents long double on i386. -- Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
