http://dec64.org/
I recently discovered this while watching a presentation by Doug
Crockford on YouTube.
I know that Dlang is not in the category of languages that this new
numeric representation is aimed at, but Dlang might well be used to
implement a VM or compiler for one that is.
I think it is ripe for implementation along the same lines as half floats.
The reference implementation is on github (linked from the above) and is
marked as public domain but porting the assembler (or rather the macros)
non-trivial with my skill-set.
Anyone else convinced or opposed?
Anyone with more assembler-foo willing to lend a hand to the porting effort?
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