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From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2025-01-21 17:00:03
Matt Borland wrote:
> > Assuming normalized numbers (which should be the case)...
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> This is not the case for the decimalXX types. IEEE 754 requires proper handling
> of cohorts (e.g. 1e-1 has a different bit pattern than 10e-2) so we have to
> normalize them before we can compare.
Amazing. This makes the Intel DFP numbers even more impressive.
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