(j3.2006) [Fwd: [IFIP WG2.5] [Fwd: Re: Comment on IEEE 754 revision from IFIP WG 2.5]]

[Van Snyder]

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Ron Boisvert <boisvert at nist.gov>
To: wg25 at nsc.liu.se
Subject: [WG2.5] [Fwd: Re: Comment on IEEE 754 revision from IFIP WG
2.5]
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:08:43 -0400
I plan to forward email addresses of WG 2.5 members who might be
interested in participating. 

Please alert me if you'd like me to send your address.

IEEE SA is the IEEE Standards Association, http://standards.ieee.org/.
If I understand their web page correctly, individual membership is not
very expensive (it's actually cheap if you are already a member of any
IEEE society).

Ron

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: Comment on IEEE 754 revision from IFIP WG 2.5
Date: 	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:49:44 -0700
From: 	Bob Davis <bob at scsi.com>
Reply-To: 	bob at scsi.com
Organization: 	Summit Computer Systems, Inc.
To: 	Ron Boisvert <boisvert at nist.gov>, bob <bob at scsi.com>, "bob.davis" 
<bob.davis at sun.com>, William Kahan <wkahan at cs.berkeley.edu>, Jeff Kidder 
<jkidder at APPLE.COM>, Mike Cowilshaw <MFC at uk.ibm.com>, Peter Markstein 
<peter at MARKSTEIN.ORG>, Roger Golliver <roger.a.golliver at intel.com>, 
"Tsai, Leonard" <leonard.tsai at hp.com>, "David G. Hough" 
<754r at ucbtest.org>, david.hough at sun.com, forbrc at nonabelian.com, Malia 
Zaman <m.zaman at ieee.org>
CC: 	Leonard.tsai at hp.com, ieee2007 at nonabelian.com, Peter Tang 
<peter.tang at intel.com>, wkahan at eecs.berkeley.edu, 
demmel at cs.berkeley.edu, dgh at validgh.com, joe.darcy at sun.com, wg25 at nsc.liu.se
References: 	<46E4775B.7070406 at nist.gov>



Ron,

Thank you for you interest, note, and hopefully participation, in the 
ongoing balloting of the P754R draft.

The changes to the draft have been extensive enough from the feedback of 
the balloting body, and other sources, through the comment process, that 
the changes in the draft are very difficult to track on a one for one 
basis.  Because of this I have terminated the current ballot and will re 
initiate a new ballot process, probably today, to support the review of 
the draft as a whole.  Many of the changes have significant software impact.

The current balloting tool of the IEEE SA requires a new request for 
balloters for the new ballot.  I will be glad to add any email addresses 
that you send me to the list of folks that will receive the invitation. 

This ballot will be carried out in the IEEE SA myBallot process and that 
will mean that the folks that wish to join the ballot pool must either 
be members of the IEEE and SA, or pay a balloting fee. This is balloted 
under the individual ballot process.

I look forward to additional software participation from the experts in 
your group.  Your timing is excellent!

Bob Davis
IEEE P754 BRC Chair
MSC Chair
408-857-1273
bob at scsi.com

Ron Boisvert wrote:
> Dear Mr. Davis,
>
> I am forwarding to you a letter from IFIP's Working Group 2.5 
> (Numerical Software) regarding the proposed revision of the IEEE 754 
> arithmetic standard.  The Working Group realizes that it is very late 
> in the process, undoubtedly too late, for it to make its opinion 
> know.  The Working Group felt that is was important for it to do so 
> nonetheless. The attached letter is the result.
>
> The Working Group thanks your for your attention.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ron Boisvert
> Chair, IFIP WG 2.5
>



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