MSP bit structure
Where can I find a discussion of the floating point bit stucture.
happy tunes
don
it takes all of us
Read my thesis at http://homepages.nyu.edu/~jsa226/
Or take my word for it that it is SXXXXXXX XMMMMMMM MMMMMMMM MMMMMMMM
where S is the sign bit, X is the exponent, and M is the mantissa, as
you wrote.
What is it that you are interested in discussing?
-Jonathan
You left out the business of the implicit high-order bit of the
mantissa.
There are approximately 1,800,000 sites on the Web documenting this
information, although they may be a little tricky to find until you
have the magic incantation "IEEE"
will give you plenty to
read. Today the fifth entry on the first page of hits is the Wikipedia
article, which is where I would start:
"IEEE
floating-point standard."
There are also quite a few threads on this in the list archives. Seek
and ye shall find. Ask and it shall be given, but seek first.
Good luck,
Peter
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i got the IEEE reference from Jonathan's paper
& downloaded the specs
thanks for the wiki reference
haven't had a chance to wade in yet
thanx for the Luck wish
i am sure i will need it
happy tunes
don
it takes all of us