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Re: real_to_decimal rounds incorrectly

On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 01:54:47PM -0400, Stephen L Moshier wrote:
> IEEE-specific modifications were taken from the IEEE spec.
> Other than that, I draw a blank on references.  It's just arithmetic.

By inference, it appears to be (a variation of) Steele & White's 1990
algorithm.

I havn't been able to get hold of the original paper, not being an
ACM member, but I've found a few papers that expand on Steele & White's,
and which give a description good enough to recognize the salient points.


r~
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