Glenn Fowler wrote: > On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 20:05:27 +0100 Cedric Blancher wrote: > > Why do we need typeset -X? Can someone explain the difference between > > typeset -X and the existing typeset -E float format? > > if the floating point implementation radix is a power of 2 > (most implementations)
Just curious: Is there any other radix implemented in hardware (excluding IEEE754-2008 Decimal Floating Point (e.g. base10 floating-point math) which is available on some IBM hardware and others) ? ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 3992797 (;O/ \/ \O;)
