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Subject: Floating Point
Message-ID: <2934.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 28 Jun 91 11:54:59 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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 Date: 06-26-91 (08:23)              Number: 263 of 263 (Echo)
   To: GARY SMITH                    Refer#: 251
 From: JACK WOEHR                      Read: NO
 Subj: FLOATING POINT                Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 -> From: tonl@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Ton 't Lam CRC) Subject: Emulating
 -> floating point in FORTH. Message-ID: <27460001@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com>
 -> Date: 21 Jun 91 11:58:01 GMT Organization: HP-Sales Office-The
 -> Netherlands
 -> An acquantance of mine asks for FORTH sources emulating floating
 -> point in a proper way, i.e. up to 12 digits. He is thinking about LN,
 -> LOG, SIN, et cetera.
 -> He now has some pure FORTH environment.
 -> I know some books exists against this subject.

         Mountain View Press ( phone USA California 415-747-0760) has
 a floating point package in software for their 79-STANDARD MVP-Forth.

                 =jax=

 NET/Mail : RCFB Golden, CO (303) 278-0364 VESTA & Denver FIG for Forth!
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