Re: Thoughts about IEEE floating point (-ish) on vax

Morning!

Den 2026-06-13 kl. 20:19, skrev Mouse:
>> Now I'm not getting what you mean :-)
>> I try to rephrase:
> 
>> vax:  With an (unbiased) exponent of zero and only the hidden bit set
>> the decimal value is 0.5.
>> ieee: With an (unbiased) exponent of zero and only the hidden bit set
>> the decimal value is 1.0.
> 
> Yes, this is exactly what I meant.
> 
Ok, then we agree :-)

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> The only difference between the two ways of thinking of IEEE, or
> between the two ways of thinking of VAX, is in the mental model; you
> end up with the same values regardless.Yep, exactly!

Anyway, bottom line here is that it will be reasonable simple to go ieee 
for vax this way.

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