[Cfp-interest] format - subgroup meeting 20091130 notes

[Jim Thomas]

Fred J. Tydeman wrote:

>On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:23:53 -0800, Jim Thomas wrote:
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>>Please send me any corrections or additions.
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>It looks to me like IEEE-754 table 3.5 and 3.6 are
>defined in terms of storage width in bits (k).
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>But, that table 3.7 is done in terms of precision (p).
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Table 3.7 is done in terms of basic formats. For each basic format, 
there is a minimum p and emax.

>Makes for a confusing read.
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