On Jan 7, 2012, at 19:42, John Gilmore wrote: > > o IBM hexadecimal floating-point, HFP, > > o ANSI binary floating-point, BFP, and > > o ANSI decimal floating-point, DFP. > > Of these the first two, HFP and BFP, make zeros positive; but the > third, DFP, supports both positive and negative zeros. > What is x'8000 0000' interpreted as HFP?
-- gil
