ieee 754 and p854

[Arthur Chance]

On 25/08/2016 01:24, Kevin P. Neal wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 05:48:27PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>> ieee(3) and many older sources mention p854 as
>> an extension to standard 754. I cannot find
>> any trace of p854 past 1985. Has it been obsoleted
>> by the development of 754?
> 
> Wasn't 854 base 10? I have a vague memory that 854 was incorporated into
> the 2008 revision of 754.
> 
> There's probably more if you care to wade through it:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754_revision
> 

>From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_854-1987

The standard was published in 1987, nearly immediately superseded by
IEEE 754-1985 but never terminated (the year of ratification appears
after the dash). IEEE 854 did not specify any formats, whereas IEEE
754-1985 did.

Sounds like 854 was a bit of a false start and/or duplicate effort.

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