Thanks for that link, Eliot! That led me down a rabbit hole [1][2], and 
upon coming out I can say I officially love posits. Very cool stuff. (To 
other readers of this message: if you read or skim only one document, it 
should be [1] IMO.)

Cheers,
   Tony

[1]: https://posithub.org/docs/Posits4.pdf
[2]: https://posithub.org/docs/posit_standard-2.pdf

On 11/9/22 17:54, Eliot Miranda wrote:
> It would be nice to have these alongside Float. Perhaps with a 128 bit 
> representation…
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> *From:* Annick Fron <annick.fron at afceurope.com>
>> *Date:* November 9, 2022 at 1:14:46 AM PST
>> *To:* vwnc NC <vwnc at cs.uiuc.edu>
>> *Subject:* *[vwnc] Posits*
>> *Reply-To:* Annick Fron <annick.fron at afceurope.com>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anybody know about posits ?
>>
>> https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6120/2019fa/blog/posits/ 
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Annick
> 
> Eliot
> _,,,^..^,,,_ (phone)
> 
>