havent read any of these specs but im sitting here thinking that bits on a processor that can subtract == more preicision ..
> IEEE754-1985 didn't specify circular, hyperbolic or otherthat wasn't my reading of the spec. so you're saying that if
> 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.
the iterative algorithm loops 53 times, it's free to return any
answer whatever and still be compliant?
- erik