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From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: Ada 95 Numerics questions for the experts
Date: 1997/08/30
Date: 1997-08-30T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <EFqzE1.6Bz@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: EFoIvv.JtA.0.-s@inmet.camb.inmet.com


In article <EFoIvv.JtA.0.-s@inmet.camb.inmet.com>,
Tucker Taft <stt@houdini.camb.inmet.com> wrote:
>...I remember someone
>once arguing for a word size of 72 bits on the grounds that it had
>a lot of factors ;-).

With a storage element of 9 bits, I presume?  I mean the word size
pretty much has to be a power-of-2 times the storage element size,
right?

- Bob




  reply	other threads:[~1997-08-30  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <3401C14B.480@gsfc.nasa.gov>
1997-08-25  0:00 ` Ada 95 Numerics questions for the experts Robert Dewar
     [not found] ` <dewar.872560585@merv>
     [not found]   ` <jcreem-2608970711210001@ljd155.sanders.lockheed.com>
     [not found]     ` <dewar.872630607@merv>
     [not found]       ` <jeffrey.m.creem-2708970802350001@ljd155.sanders.lockheed.com>
1997-08-27  0:00         ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1997-08-27  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-27  0:00           ` Jeff Creem
1997-08-28  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-28  0:00               ` Jeff Creem
1997-08-29  0:00               ` Tucker Taft
1997-08-30  0:00                 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1997-08-31  0:00                 ` Tom Moran
1997-09-01  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-02  0:00                   ` Fergus Henderson
1997-09-02  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
     [not found]                   ` <mheaney-ya023680000209972104030001@news.ni.net>
1997-09-05  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-05  0:00                       ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-08  0:00                         ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-08  0:00                           ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09  0:00                             ` Robert A Duff
     [not found]                     ` <EFxt94.F5F@world.std.com>
1997-09-06  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-08  0:00                         ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-08  0:00                           ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09  0:00                             ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-01  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-27  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
     [not found]           ` <jeffrey.m.creem-2808970708260001@ljd155.sanders.lockheed.com>
1997-08-28  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-30  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
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