ieee 754 and p854

[Anton Shterenlikht]

>From kpn at gunsight1.neutralgood.org Thu Aug 25 01:49:30 2016
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>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.

yes, apparently it has been merged with 754.

Thanks

Anton

>
>There's probably more if you care to wade through it:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754_revision
>
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