Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 19:18:36 +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 Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> Real indefinite, once present in a variable, or found in
> an FPU register, is treated exactly like all other QNaNs. I.e. it only has
> a different origin, but no different behaviour. 

That is true.  However, my concern about the indefinite is that, in real 
life, a user will see only that special type of a NaN, almost exclusively.