[Cfp-interest 2491] Re: 5.2.4.2.3 and IEC 60559

Wed Aug 3 17:45:14 PDT 2022

On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 14:19:27 -0700 Jim Thomas wrote:
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>The decimal floating types are IEC 60559 decimal formats.
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>The characteristics if 5.2.4.2.3 are given the specific values for IEC 60559 decimal formats, rather than limits as in 5.2.4.2.2.

It is not clear from 5.2.4.2.3 that they are IEC 60559 DFP.
There are no forward references to any clause 6 section
(the ones you mentioned).

The first computer I programmed on in 1967 used decimal floating point (BCD)
(the IBM 1620).  So, I know of two kinds of DFP.

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