Comments on: The Evils of Floating Point, and the Joys of Unum http://www.vrworld.com/2015/03/24/the-evils-of-floating-point-and-the-joys-of-unum/ Thu, 09 Apr 2015 17:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Brandon Shutt http://www.vrworld.com/2015/03/24/the-evils-of-floating-point-and-the-joys-of-unum/#comment-10671 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:37:00 +0000 http://www.vrworld.com/?p=50682#comment-10671 Dr. Gustafson,

The response is appreciated! The article will be updated to reflect this information.

-Brandon

]]> By: John Gustafson http://www.vrworld.com/2015/03/24/the-evils-of-floating-point-and-the-joys-of-unum/#comment-10669 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.vrworld.com/?p=50682#comment-10669 The prototype environment _is_ open source, covered by the MIT license, and free for anyone to download from CRC Press at

http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781482239867

using the “Downloads / Updates” link on the left. No book purchase necessary, and I hope it is re-posted various places to make it easier to find. It will not be easy building the hardware for unum arithmetic, but the potential payoff is huge. (If it were easy, someone would have already done it).

Thanks to Brandon Schutt for an excellent writeup!

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