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It's too long ago to remember details, though the code may still be in use, but I remember the binary conversion being hairy and ill-defined (754 not mapping on
by gnufx 8y ago
It's too long ago to remember details, though the code may still be in use, but I remember the binary conversion being hairy and ill-defined (754 not mapping onto IBM/VAX), maybe even dependent on the FPU settings. Not that textual conversion would be well-defined either, of course.
- slededit 8y ago754 has won, as has little endian. Even PowerPC has switched. There are IBM mainframes still being made but even they are now bi-endian because they know they've lost the war.