[Cfp-interest 2285] Re: AIs from WG 14 for CFP -- 5.2.4.2.2 clarification, double-double support

Fred J. Tydeman tydeman at tybor.com
Mon Nov 22 20:29:01 PST 2021


On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:02:47 -0800 Jim Thomas wrote:
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>C23_proposal_-_5.2.4.2.2_cleanup-update-20211121.pdf <https://wiki.edg.com/pub/CFP/WebHome/C23_proposal_-_5.2.4.2.2_cleanup-update-20211121.pdf>

With your new definition of normalized numbers, that means super-normal
numbers (large numbers with less than full precision) are considered
normalized.

I disagree with that.  


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