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face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>I<SPAN class=679052013-11022025>nteresting
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=679052013-11022025>As
I recently suggested on the 754 list, it might be a good idea to start
pruning some of the ancient 'dead wood' in 754 that is now no longer
useful.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=679052013-11022025>Perhaps
this would be a useful activity for CFP, too. That is, review
the additions made by CFP over those 16 years (and, of course, the relevant
material that existed before then) .. and see if any can be usefully consigned
to non-normative annexes or removed completely.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=679052013-11022025>Mike</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">Publication of the TS-4 and TS-5 revisions
completes CFP’s purpose as stated on the CFP webpage: “Develop a C language
binding for ISO/IEC 60559 Floating-Point Arithmetic.” C23 together with the
two TS revisions specify C language binding for all required and reasonably
applicable recommended features of the latest version of ISO/IEC
60559. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">CFP started in Feb 2009--a 16-year effort! That
is a very long time for a tech project, but it could not have been shorter. We
started with C99, based on IEEE 754-1985. C23 was the next major C revision,
which was the first opportunity to make the upgrade needed to support the 2009
and 2019 revisions of the floating-point standard. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">What is CFP’s purpose now? Based on the direction
we’re going, the purpose appears to be to:</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">1.<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Advise WG14 on maintenance of C support for
ISO/IEC 60559, i.e. propose bug fixes and clarifications, and comment on
related new C proposals.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">2.<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Advise WG14 on issues related to floating
point in general.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">3.<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Provide liaison between WG14 and the IEEE 754
Working Group.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">Your thoughts?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">- Jim Thomas</DIV>
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