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Foil 27 Summary of Discussion

From Activities of the Java Grande Forum Numerics Working Group Java Grande Meeting with Sun Microsystems Menlo Park -- March 11 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox
Improvement of math lib spec
  • seen as necessary, need quick action
  • possibilities for strictfp mode
    • fdlibm in Java
    • correctly rounded result in Java
  • possibilities for default mode
    • develop spec with ulp bounds
Actions: evaluate VNI fdlibm, evaluate Haifa code (footprint?), draft proposal in 2 wks

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