George Gwilt wrote:
> On 5 Jun 2006, at 16:16, George Gwilt wrote:
>
>
>> On 4 Jun 2006, at 14:24, Laurence Reeves wrote:
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>>
>>> George Gwilt wrote:
>>>
The IEEE format of signed infinities for the FPU on Q40 and Q60 is
$ (minus infinity)
$7F
On 5 Jun 2006, at 16:16, George Gwilt wrote:
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> On 4 Jun 2006, at 14:24, Laurence Reeves wrote:
>
>> George Gwilt wrote:
>>> The IEEE format of signed infinities for the FPU on Q40 and Q60 is
>>>
>>> $ (minus infinity)
>>> $7FFF (plus infinity)
>>>
>>> The fifth
George Gwilt wrote:
> The IEEE format of signed infinities for the FPU on Q40 and Q60 is
>
> $ (minus infinity)
> $7FFF (plus infinity)
>
> The fifth zero could in fact be 8 as a viable alternative.
>
I'm confused... where does IEEE come into this? I don't think
>
>Most programming languages (like current C implementations) use the
>IEEE format for numbers, which includes +/- infinity and NaN (not a
>number. sqrt(-1) is NaN for example), though real language support to
>deal with these circumstances is often poor.
>
>Curious fact: there are also 2 zeros!
On 1 Jun 2006, at 00:24, David Tubbs wrote:
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>> PEPS. Infinity. I considered introducing infinity in Minerva, but I
>> wouldn't have been happy with just the one.
>>
>> --
>> Lau & Marcel
>
> So if it is possible for the computer to handle infinity how and
> where is
> it done ?
>
> Processor
Marcel Kilgus wrote:
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> Curious fact: there are also 2 zeros! +0 and -0.
When I worked with Data/Basic on Pick, -0 was used to represent infinity[1].
Add 1 and you got the largest positive number possible, subtract 1 and you
got the largest negative number possible.
[1] Data/Basic used f
David Tubbs wrote:
> So if it is possible for the computer to handle infinity how and where is
> it done ?
>
> Processor or co-processor ?
It's part of the FPU (floating point unit). This can be an external
co-processor but usually is part of the main processor nowadays.
> Would it be dependent o
At 12:48 31/05/2006 +0100, you wrote:
>PEPS. Infinity. I considered introducing infinity in Minerva, but I
>wouldn't have been happy with just the one.
>
>--
>Lau & Marcel
So if it is possible for the computer to handle infinity how and where is
it done ?
Processor or co-processor ?
Operating s
