Talk:Decimal floating point

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[edit] What should be on this page

In my opinion, this page should be a summary of floating point that is specific to radix 10 designs, and mention of the history and use of decimal floating point. In particular IEEE 854, IEEE 754r, java (programming language) big decimal, perl, emacs calc, python (programming language), Maple (software), calculator, abacus, slide rule, the Smallwood calculator. This might be a good place to discuss some anomalies that arise when trying to "fake" decimal arithmetic with binary, e.g., in a spreadsheet. It should not be a complete redo of floating point or IEEE 754r. In particular, anything beyond passing reference to BID or DPD encodings should be referred to 754r. This is a sketch of the direction I'll head when I have the time. Feel free to pitch in.... ;-> ---Jake 00:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References need cleanup

I don't really have a knack for the references in Wikipedia. If someone could take a crack and getting the citations pulled out of the article and incorporated as traditional references, that would be great. --Jake 01:56, 2 October 2007 (UTC)