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From: johnl@ima.ima.isc.com (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Question about IEEE floats
Message-ID: <4111@ima.ima.isc.com>
Date: 24 Jun 89 17:04:38 GMT
References: <67700005@sts>
Reply-To: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine)
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In article <67700005@sts> roy@sts.sts.UUCP writes:
>I would like to find out about the IEEE floating point format ...

You can buy the standard directly from the IEEE.  It is surprisingly short
and readable.  Call them at 800-678-IEEE and order standard number 754-1985.
It costs $15.00 plus $4 p/h, half price for IEEE members.
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