Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!exodus-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (chiba) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Alignment on RS/6000 Message-ID: Date: 27 Nov 90 21:17:31 GMT References: <897@sibyl.eleceng.ua.OZ> <13342@encore.Encore.COM> <46866@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 18 In-reply-to: baum@Apple.COM's message of 27 Nov 90 20:20:18 GMT In article <46866@apple.Apple.COM> baum@Apple.COM (Allen J. Baum) writes: I still don't understand the assertion that Denorms occur all the time. In some applications they simply do. I have often seen this in situations where one is solving for deviations from a nominal and cases where someone is using a very small stopping criterion. Those who have codes like this, usually think everything is OK, worked fine on their ----- (fill in CDC, Honeywell, Univac, VAX, etc.) and are perfectly happy with flush to zero semantics. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Keith H. Bierman kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM | khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM SMI 2550 Garcia 12-33 | (415 336 2648) Mountain View, CA 94043