Double Precision

From: Craig Hansensturm (Craig.Hansensturm@sv.sc.philips.com)
Date: Fri Oct 02 1998 - 20:57:55 EDT

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I'm wondering if requiring double precision internal arithmetic in the
standard is not too strong a condition.

In particular, this prevents implementors from optimizing for fixed point -
an important optimization for our
DSP.

Am I misinterpreting the spec here ?

Craig Hansen-Sturm
Philips Semiconductors

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