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Languages and Compilers

In: Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic

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  • Jean-Michel Muller

    (CNRS - LIP)

  • Nicolas Brunie

    (Kalray)

  • Florent de Dinechin

    (INSA-Lyon - CITI)

  • Claude-Pierre Jeannerod

    (Inria - LIP)

  • Mioara Joldes

    (CNRS - LAAS)

  • Vincent Lefèvre

    (Inria - LIP)

  • Guillaume Melquiond

    (Inria - LRI)

  • Nathalie Revol

    (Inria - LIP)

  • Serge Torres

    (ENS-Lyon - LIP)

Abstract

The previous chapters have given an overview of interesting properties and algorithms that can be built on an IEEE 754-compliant floating-point arithmetic. In this chapter, we discuss the practical issues encountered when trying to implement such algorithms in actual computers using actual programming languages. In particular, we discuss the relationship between standard compliance, portability, accuracy, and performance. This chapter is useful to programmers wishing to obtain a standard-compliant behavior from their programs, but it is also useful for understanding how performance may be improved by relaxing standard compliance and also what traps one may fall into.

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  • Jean-Michel Muller & Nicolas Brunie & Florent de Dinechin & Claude-Pierre Jeannerod & Mioara Joldes & Vincent Lefèvre & Guillaume Melquiond & Nathalie Revol & Serge Torres, 2018. "Languages and Compilers," Springer Books, in: Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic, edition 2, chapter 0, pages 193-230, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-76526-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-76526-6_6
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