manoj@hpldsla.HP.COM (Manoj Joshi) (07/26/89)
I am not sure if this is the right note to ask this question, but here it goes... What is the format for the IEEE floating point storage convention? In other words (for a 32-bit float) where is the exact position of the 4 fields (1 Byte each): <mantissa sign> <mantissa> <exponent> <exponent sign> Also what is the size (in bits) of each of these? Similarly how is this stored in a 64-bit double precision real number? Are there any standard routines to convert real numbers in different architectures for UNIX? I realize that MSC has a few routines for DOS. Manoj Joshi manoj%hpldas5.HP.COM@hp-sde (415)857-7099