As a practical example, POWER architecture uses the densely-packed decimal encoding[1] to encode decimal digits within its IEEE 754-compliant decimal floating-p

As a practical example, POWER architecture uses the densely-packed decimal encoding[1] to encode decimal digits within its IEEE 754-compliant decimal floating-point format[2]. IEEE 754 also supports encoding decimal integers as binary, by converting the entire decimal integer to a single binary integer (i.e., not by storing each decimal digit as a separate binary number). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densely_packed_decimal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densely_packed_decimal [2] https://files.openpower.foundation/s/dAYSdGzTfW4j2r2#page=221 https://files.openpower.foundation/s/dAYSdGzTfW4j2r2#page=22...