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  1. Xref: sparky comp.lang.misc:2796 comp.compilers:1468
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!rutgers!faatcrl!iecc!compilers-sender
  3. From: napi@jaring.ism.my (Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.compilers
  5. Subject: Rounding modes.
  6. Keywords: arithmetic, question, comment
  7. Message-ID: <92-08-168@comp.compilers>
  8. Date: 26 Aug 92 10:56:01 GMT
  9. Sender: compilers-sender@iecc.cambridge.ma.us
  10. Reply-To: napi@jaring.ism.my (Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah)
  11. Organization: Compilers Central
  12. Lines: 11
  13. Approved: compilers@iecc.cambridge.ma.us
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  15. Is there any High Level Language which allows one to select the different
  16. rounding modes as provided by the IEEE 754 floating point standard?
  17.  
  18. Thanks.
  19.  
  20. Napi
  21. [Many C implementations have library functions to set the mode dynamically,
  22. e.g. fpsetround() in System V. -John]
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