Re: non-IEEE754 float

2016-08-27 Thread David Holland
On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 02:10:19PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 08:27:49PM +, David Holland wrote: > > It matters because of whether scalbn == ldexp... (that was how this > > came up) > > Yeah, but I mean: ignore it untill it matters ;-) Sure, except that kind

Re: non-IEEE754 float

2016-08-27 Thread Martin Husemann
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 08:27:49PM +, David Holland wrote: > It matters because of whether scalbn == ldexp... (that was how this > came up) Yeah, but I mean: ignore it untill it matters ;-) Martin

Re: non-IEEE754 float

2016-08-26 Thread David Holland
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 09:36:51AM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote: > > IBM has its own float format with FLT_RADIX=16. > > Only in 1998 they started offering IEEE754 float on the same hardware. > > Does NetBSD intend/does support this? is this something to keep in mind? > > I'd say: worry about

Re: non-IEEE754 float

2016-08-26 Thread Martin Husemann
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 04:24:19AM +, co...@sdf.org wrote: > Hi, > > IBM has its own float format with FLT_RADIX=16. > Only in 1998 they started offering IEEE754 float on the same hardware. > Does NetBSD intend/does support this? is this something to keep in mind? I'd say: worry about this wh

non-IEEE754 float

2016-08-25 Thread coypu
Hi, IBM has its own float format with FLT_RADIX=16. Only in 1998 they started offering IEEE754 float on the same hardware. Does NetBSD intend/does support this? is this something to keep in mind? Thanks.