Thread-Topic: l3fp: A floating point unit for expl3
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Subject: Re: l3fp: A floating point unit for expl3
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From: Joseph Wright [joseph.wright@MORNINGSTAR2.CO.UK]

Currently the number of dp is fixed, so formally "fixed point
arithmetic", but following Peter's suggestion I will be adding the
facility to deal with floating point numbers (range yet to be decided).

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I don't see why is floating point arithmetic required.

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Jonathan

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