[comp.std.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?

montnaro@sprite.crd.ge.com (Skip Montanaro) (10/07/89)

Try the Apple SANE manual(s).



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campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) (10/07/89)

In article <1861@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
-Does anybody know where I can get the format for the IEEE standard
-for floating point numbers?

Uh, have you tried the IEEE?
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johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) (10/08/89)

In article <1861@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
>Does anybody know where I can get the format for the IEEE standard
>for floating point numbers?

The IEEE sells their publications directly.  Contact:

IEEE Publications Office
10662 Los Vaqueros Circle
PO Box 3014
Los Alamitos CA 90720-1264
Phone +1 714 821 8380
Fax   +1 714 821 4010

As I recall, the P754 floating point standard cost me about $10.
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pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) (10/10/89)

In article <1861@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
>Does anybody know where I can get the format for the IEEE standard
>for floating point numbers?

    One place I've seen it described was in the MicroSoft C
(5.1) manuals.

	Tim

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