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Re: converting ieee-float-format to pw-wave-float-format [message #2659 is a reply to message #2655]

Thu, 25 August 1994 12:39

grunes
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Registered: September 1993

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In article <33ien2$17v@ncar.ucar.edu> caron@acd.ucar.edu (John Caron) writes:
> The nice thing about ieee is that its the same across all machines (is that
> true for its byte order also?).

No. IEEE does not define byte order--at least it is in oposite order
on PCs from the most common useage on most Unix Workstations (Suns,
SGIs,... -- but watch out for Dec Alpha, which someone told me use
backwards (least significant byte first, like the PC) byte order.

The easiest translation method is to read the data on someone's Sun,
print it out formatted, and send it as text!

One thing puzzles me: Most floating point numbers translate between
Suns and PCs simply throught BYTEORDER. But NAN values seem to
behave differently. Does anyone know why?
Mitchell R Grunes (grunes@imsy1.nrl.navy.mil)
Allied-Signal Technical Services
c/o Code 7230 Naval Research Lab

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		converting ieee-float-format to pw-wave-float-format By: SLAMECZKA on Fri, 26 August 1994 01:07
		Re: converting ieee-float-format to pw-wave-float-format By: grunes on Thu, 25 August 1994 12:39
		Re: converting ieee-float-format to pw-wave-float-format By: thompson on Fri, 26 August 1994 07:44
		Re: converting ieee-float-format to pw-wave-float-format By: caron on Thu, 25 August 1994 08:52
		Re: converting ieee-float-format to pw-wave-float-format By: grunes on Fri, 26 August 1994 06:51
		Re: converting ieee-float-format to pw-wave-float-format By: grunes on Fri, 26 August 1994 05:47

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