DEC64: Decimal Floating Point
This is the number format proposed and developed by Douglas Crockford. My goal is to
port it to WebAssembly and test it's functionality and performance against analogous
JavaScript computations.
Maybe I'll call it WEB64?
Douglas Crockford
douglas@crockford.com
dec64.com
2017-01-22
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DEC64 is a decimal floating point format for the next generation of
application programming languages.
dec64.asm is an implementation of the elementary operators for x64, including
coefficient exponent equal is_any_nan is_integer is_zero less
abs add ceiling dec divide floor half inc int integer_divide modulo
multiply neg new normal not round signum subtract
dec64.asm.html is a description of the functions in dec64.asm.
dec64.h is a companion header file for C.
dec64_test.c is a test program.
dec64_string.c is an implementation of functions for converting between DEC64
and strings.
dec64_string.html is a description of the functions in dec64_string.c.
dec64_string.h is a companion header file.
dec64_string_test.c is a test program.
dec64_math.c is a placeholder implementation of elementary functions, including
acos asin atan atan2 cos exp factorial
log raise root sin sqrt tan
and
random seed
dec64_math.html is a description of the functions in dec64_math.h.
dec64_math.h is a companion header file.
dec64_math_test.c is a test program.
dec64.html is a descriptive web page.
dec64.png is a logo.