From: quadibloc@ca.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:37:00 +0000, John Dallman wrote:   
      
   > Quadi, have your computer architectures included IBM 360 floating point   
   > support? There is probably more demand for that than for 36-bit these   
   > days.   
      
   Yes, in fact they have. The goal there is to facilitate data interchange   
   and emulation, not to provide better quality floating-point arithmetic...   
   since, of course, it provides rather the opposite, as has been discussed   
   in this thread.   
      
   The original CISC Concertina I architecture went further; it had the goal   
   of being able to natively emulate the floating-point of just about every   
   computer ever made.   
      
   John Savard   
      
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