Multiple Precision Floating-Point Conversion
from Decimal-to-Binary and Vice Versa

Decimal-to-binary and binary-to-decimal floating-point
conversion is often performed by using 
a table of the powers 10^i, (ia positive integer) for
converting from base 10 to base 2, and by using 
a table of the coefficient of a polynomial approximation
of 10^x, (0<=x<1) for converting from base 2 
to base 10.  These tables occupy a large storage region
in the case of a nonsingle precision conversion. 
 This paper shows that a single small table suffices
for a floating-point conversion from decimal to 
binary, and vice versa, in any useful precision.

CACM May, 1966

Mancino, O. G.

CA660507 JB March 3, 1978  9:56 AM

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