[misc.misc] IEEE Standard for Floating Point

baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) (10/06/89)

Does anybody know where I can get the format for the IEEE standard
for floating point numbers?

jhamill@sparta.UUCP (John Hamill) (10/13/89)

In article <1862@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
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>Does anybody know where I can get the format for the IEEE standard
>for floating point numbers?

	Sure, any reference Fortran reference manual should have it. (Don't
use DEC's). The Absoft Fortran 77 manual lists the formats for example.