Hi Marcel--
Hmm... Patrick just pointed out to me that this critique addresses Unum I. "Posits" are Unum III (Wikipedia link).
Sure, the Wikipedia article is where I noticed the critique. Not all of its criticisms are addressed by Unum II and III. And it's still interesting, given who wrote it. :) I think posits are lovely, and I've never enjoyed dealing with IEEE 754, but it's not clear to me that the resource-use discussion is closed.
Hmm...
What are you trying to say?
-C
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