Complex number functions for std.math

James Dunne james.jdunne at gmail.com
Sun Apr 9 00:32:41 PDT 2006


Anders F Björklund wrote:
> James Dunne wrote:
> 
>>> I think you should also include half (16-bit) and quad (128-bit) floats.
>>
>>
>> Are they IEEE 754 standardized?  I'll take a look into this.  Thanks!
> 
> 
> No, but they follow the same format. "IEEE-compatible", perhaps ?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_precision
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_precision
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_precision
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_precision
> 
> I think that quads are now included in IEEE 754r (for "revised")
> 
> --anders

So, software-supported half-precision and hardware-supported 
quad-precision (if available)?  Sounds interesting...

Why not throw in fixed-point types as well?

-- 
Regards,
James Dunne



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