Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!pur-ee!j.cc.purdue.edu!k.cc.purdue.edu!l.cc.purdue.edu!cik From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IEEE floating point modes Message-ID: <547@l.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 07:54:32 EDT Article-I.D.: l.547 Posted: Tue Jul 7 07:54:32 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 01:45:07 EDT References: <93900007@hcx1> <596@ima.UUCP> Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department Lines: 11 Summary: Let the user decide; keep it flexible This is another example of the need for flexibility. Mostly I want to round to nearest; _however_, I often need other rounding modes. In fact, I may want the rounding mode to depend on the signs of the arguments (this also applies to some integer operations). Lengthening the instruction to allow this flexibility will add instructions, but should not slow down the computer appreciably. -- Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907 Phone: (317)494-6054 hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu or pur-ee!stat-l!cik or hrubin@purccvm.bitnet