Implement the "unum" representation in D ?

[Andrea Fontana via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 21 September 2016 at 10:25:39 UTC, Nick B wrote:
> On Wednesday, 21 September 2016 at 07:52:18 UTC, Ethan Watson 
> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 22:52:57 UTC, Nic Brummell
>>
>> Is there some central repository with links to the active 
>> projects? I'll try and wrap my head fully around the math 
>> before we get to that point though.
>
> Ethan
>
> There is the other thread on this subject. Its called:
>
> » General » Unum II announcement
>
> there is a lot a technical discussion on Unums at:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/unum-computing
>
> Note that a Skip Cave is even claiming to have UNums running in 
> the J programming language.
>
> You may also want to read John G post at the bottom of this 
> thread Called"The Great Debate: John Gustafson and William 
> Kahan (Video?)"
>
> cheers N.

Quite interesting. At the end of slides he write:

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Future directions
[...]
- Build C, D, Julia, Python versions of the arithmetic
[...]
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http://www.johngustafson.net/presentations/Unums2.0.pdf