(j3.2006) IEEE comparisons

[Bill Long]

On Aug 16, 2016, at 1:08 AM, Robert Corbett <robert.corbett at oracle.com> wrote:

> I found one of the issues addressed in the errata for
> IEEE Std. 745:2008 amusing.  Suppose a program includes an
> edit descriptor for producing one decimal digit under an
> E format.  What value should be printed for the internal
> value 95.0 under the round-to-nearest-even rounding mode?


I would expect 0.1E+03

Cheers,
Bill


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