From: user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Thomas Koenig  posted:   
      
   > MitchAlsup  schrieb:   
   > >   
   > > Terje Mathisen  posted:   
   >   
   > >> Actually, for the five required basic operations, you can always do the   
   > >> op in the next higher precision, then round again down to the target,   
   > >> and get exactly the same result.   
   > >   
   > > https://guillaume.melquiond.fr/doc/05-imacs17_1-article.pdf   
   >   
   > The PowerISA version 3.0 introduced rounding to odd for its 128-bit   
   > floating point arithmetic, for that very reason (I assume).   
      
   Likely, My 66000 also has RNO and   
   Round Nearest Random is defined but not yet available   
   Round Away from Zero is also defined and available.   
      
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