netlib/fp/index

• file: fp/links.html
  for: related resources
• file: fp/dtoa.c
  by: David Gay
  for: ANSI C or C++ source for functions strtod and dtoa that do , decimal-to-binary and binary-to-decimal conversions. Comments , at the beginning describe various preprocessor variables that , can be defined to make this code work with binary IEEE, VAX, , or IBM-mainframe arithmetic. A paper is available at , http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/doc/90/4-10.ps.gz
• file: fp/g_fmt.c
  by: David Gay
  for: ANSI C or C++ source for function g_fmt(char *, double): , with help from dtoa, g_fmt(buf, x) sets buf to the shortest , decimal string that correctly rounds to x and returns buf.
• file: fp/rnd_prod.s , Assembly code, usable under UNIX UTS System V Release 2.6b, , that uses IBM-mainframe extended-precision floating-point , instructions to compute rounded products and quotients.
• file: fp/testbase
  by: Vern Paxson
  for: announcing ftp access for test program
• file: fp/changes
• file: fp/ucbtest.tgz
  for: testing certain difficult cases of IEEE 754 floating-point arithmetic
  by: dgh@validgh.com (David G. Hough) et al.
  lang: C
  size: 1 megabyte

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• file: fp/gdtoa.tgz
  for: generalization of dtoa.c to other IEEE and IEEE-like precisions , (float, extended, quad) and "double double". Rounding , directions may be specified; decimal -> interval is an alternative.
• file: fp/p9fmt.tgz
  for: Unix port of the Plan 9 formatted I/O package
  by: Rob Pike and Ken Thompson
  lang: C

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