From: andrew zerger <rhoyerboat@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] circular fonctions: precision?
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 12:59:36 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEDadrxT2psD3AED-cgamujy-zR-_n-kxiCX050wAhU0UbfiKA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1a3de3d2869ab078c9a4fdf9bce44982@brasstown.quanstro.net>
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havent read any of these specs but im sitting here thinking that bits on a
processor that can subtract == more preicision ..
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 12:44 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>wrote:
> > IEEE754-1985 didn't specify circular, hyperbolic or other
> > advanced functions. You can have 754 compliant hardware and
> > not implement these functions. In any case the standard can
> > not dictate the accuracy of functions not specified in it. An
> > iterative algorithm may lose more than 1 bit of accuracy since
> > iterations won't be done in infinite precision. One can not
> > assume accuracy to a bit even where these functions are
> > imeplemented in h/w. For x86, accuracy may be specified in
> > some Intel or AMD manual.
>
> that wasn't my reading of the spec. so you're saying that if
> the iterative algorithm loops 53 times, it's free to return any
> answer whatever and still be compliant?
>
> - erik
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-02 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-02 16:38 tlaronde
2011-10-02 17:52 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-02 18:06 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-02 18:40 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-02 18:44 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-02 18:59 ` andrew zerger [this message]
2011-10-02 19:04 ` tlaronde
2011-10-02 19:14 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-02 19:18 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-02 18:44 ` tlaronde
2011-10-02 18:48 ` tlaronde
2011-10-02 18:28 ` tlaronde
2011-10-02 19:06 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-03 11:41 ` tlaronde
2011-10-03 14:39 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-03 14:46 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-03 15:29 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-03 15:58 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-03 16:49 ` tlaronde
2011-10-03 13:03 ` Russ Cox
2011-10-03 14:44 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-03 14:57 ` Russ Cox
2011-10-03 15:34 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-03 15:47 ` Russ Cox
2011-10-03 16:53 ` tlaronde
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