Re: help with the conception of floating point

2006-01-20 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Eric Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I guess that the macro NGARDS is relevant to the guard digit. But I > still failed to have a clear conception about what it means. Others > are easy to know by IEEE 754 and "What Every Computer Scientist Should > Know about Floating-Point Arithmetic". Exce

Re: help with the conception of floating point

2006-01-18 Thread Ben Elliston
> I'm looking at the fp-bit.h, fp-bit.c, and try to understand the > floating point operation simulation. But there are many proper noun > hard to get the conception. Such as You might find the code easier to follow with a quick skim of: "What Every Computer Scientist Should Know about Floating-Po