Decimal Arithmetic Specification, version 1.08
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8 Jan 2003
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Appendix C – Changes

This appendix is not part of the specification. It documents changes to the combined arithmetic specification, including changes to the earlier two-layer specifications.

Changes with draft number 0.nn refer to changes in the original base specification since the first public draft of that specification (0.65, 26 Jul 2000).

Changes with draft number x.nn (for example, x.40) refer to changes in the original extended specification (inserted in their chronological position) since the first public draft of that specification (0.30, 9 Aug 2000).

Changes with version number 1.nn refer to changes in the combined arithmetic specification.

Changes in Draft 0.66 (28 Jul 2000)

Changes in Draft 0.69 (9 Aug 2000)

Changes in Draft 0.74 (27 Nov 2000)

Changes in Draft 0.81 (5 Jan 2001)

Changes in Draft x.40 (14 May 2001)

Changes in Draft 0.83 (25 May 2001)

Changes in Draft x.41 (25 May 2001)

Changes in Draft x.43 (28 June 2001)

Changes in Draft x.52 (15 October 2001)

Changes in Draft 0.86 (30 October 2001)

Changes in Draft x.57 (28 November 2001)

Changes in Draft 0.87 (23 April 2002)

Changes in Draft x.58 (23 April 2002)

Changes in Draft 1.00 (5 July 2002)

This version combines the original base and extended specifications. There are necessarily extensive editorial changes. In addition, the following significant technical changes have been made:

Changes in Draft 1.03 (1 September 2002)

Changes in Draft 1.06 (9 October 2002)

Changes in Draft 1.08 (14 November 2002)


Footnotes:
[1] See Properly Rounded Variable Precision Square Root, T. E. Hull and A. Abrham, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Vol 11 #3, pp229-237, ACM, September 1985.

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