Algorithms To Reveal Properties of Floating-Point Arithmetic

Two algorithms are presented in the form of
Fortran subroutines.  Each subroutine computes 
the radix and number of digits of the floating-point
numbers and whether rounding or chopping is done 
by the machine on which it is run.  The methods are
shown to work on any "reasonable" floating-point 
computer.

CACM November, 1972

Malcolm, M. A.

floating-point arithmetic, high-level
languages, philosophy of language design

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