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From: daw@houxs.UUCP (David Wolverton)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: NaN and INF in non-IEEE
Message-ID: <845@houxs.UUCP>
Date: 13 Apr 88 17:23:50 GMT
Organization: AT&T Data Systems Group, Holmdel, NJ
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Keywords: NaN INF IEEE 754 floating point

I need some examples of floating point implementations
that support concepts similar to those of IEEE 754's
"NaN" (Not a Number) and signed infinities.  I'd like
to know about cases where either one or both of these
concepts is supported.  Also, include comments about the
usefulness of the implementation if you like (you know,
comments such as "Yes, it had infinity, but if you used it
the machine would play Yankee Doodle Dandy then hang").

Send mail to me; I'll summarize to this newsgroup in
a couple weeks.

adTHANKSvance,

Dave Wolverton
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