Hi Lists,

This is the first I've ever heard of posits.

I certainly don't see the harm in including them in Squeak! If it isn't too
arduous, I think we should.

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022, 06:55 Tony Garnock-Jones <tonyg at leastfixedpoint.com>
wrote:

> 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)
> >
> >
>
>
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