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From: ok@quintus
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Floating-point format conversion routines wanted
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Date: 28 Sep 88 11:06:15 GMT
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Organization: Quintus Computer Systems, Inc.
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Has anyone got a tested set of routines written in C which will convert
between IEEE format, VAX D format, and IBM/370 long format (others won't
be disdained)?  The routines have to be able to convert from format X to
format Y on a machine which uses format Z, where no two of X,Y,Z are the
same.  The emphasis is on _tested_.  Failing that, anyone know where I
could get suitable data for testing such routines?  [Yes, I know it is
better to prove things correct, but I'd like to catch typing mistakes
and things I didn't think of in the specification.]