Yeah, people that aren't deep into numerical algorithms often don't appreciate that there is an important reason to have denormals. The people who came up with

Yeah, people that aren't deep into numerical algorithms often don't appreciate that there is an important reason to have denormals. The people who came up with the scheme weren't dumb, even though it has some limitations/oddities due to the time it was designed that would probably be done today, I think it's a pretty big design success that it has worked as well as it has for as long as it has.