From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Michael S  schrieb:   
   > On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 00:21:31 -0000 (UTC)   
   > Thomas Koenig  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> And two decimal flavors, as well, with binary and densely packed   
   >> decimal encoding of the significand... it's a bit of a mess.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Since both formats have exactly identical semantics, in theory the mess   
   > is not worse (and not better) than two bytes orders of IEEE binary FP.   
      
   Almost.   
      
   IIRC, there is no restriction on the binary mantissa, so its   
   range is slightly larger for the same number of bits   
   (1000/1024)**(n/3).   
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