For anyone interested in this sort of thing you'd probably also be interested in John Gustafson's work on unums/posits. Here's a nice introductory presentation

For anyone interested in this sort of thing you'd probably also be interested in John Gustafson's work on unums/posits. Here's a nice introductory presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0Y1uAA-2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0Y1uAA-2Y