Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:42:36 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Unnormals???
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> Unnormalized numbers other than the denormals
> shouldn't usually need any special treatment at all.  If memory serves,
> they're auto-normalized on reading into the FPU.

Not true.  You can easily write a simple test program which will show
the facts.