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?
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Regards,
James Dunne
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