On a related note (limited connectivity while in hospital, thus not a usual
elegant post), is there anything these dazs lige G-Float and D-Float on
the VAX (same number of bits, different precision)?
these days like
Yes, memory is cheap these days, so there is the temptation of overkill,
but I am sure that there are still many memory-limited applications, so
if one needs just more precision but not much range, or just more range
but not much precision, then the same number of bits but split up
differently could be attractive.
Possibly related question: is everything IEEE these days?
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