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   dxf  writes:   
   > I suspect IEEE simply standardized what had become common practice among   
   > implementers.   
      
   No, it was really new and interesting.   
   https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/ieee754status/754story.html   
      
   > What little I know about SSE2 it's not as well thought out or organized   
   > as Intel's original effort.  E.g. doing something as simple as changing   
   > sign of an fp number is a pain when NANs are factored in.   
      
   I wonder if later SSE/AVX/whatever versions fixed this stuff.   
      
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