On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 10:53:04AM -0400, Paul Schlie wrote: > > From: Robert Dewar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > There is nothing imprecise about IEEE floating-point operations > > - agreed, however nor is it mandated by most language specifications, > so seemingly irrelevant.
In real life, there are no longer any significant non-embedded architectures out there that don't use IEEE floating point, so it is a widely used practice to assume it and document the requirement. The resulting programs might not work on a Vax, Cray, or IBM 370. C'est la vie.
