Hmm... Patrick just pointed out to me that this critique addresses Unum I. "Posits" are Unum III:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unum_(number_format) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unum_(number_format)]


Hmm...

Best,
Marcel
Am 11.11.2022 04:34:31 schrieb Craig Latta <craig at blackpagedigital.com>:

This critique was interesting also, by William Kahan, the main
architect of the IEEE 754-1985 floating-point spec:

https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/UnumSORN.pdf


-C

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