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      3  1.1.4.2  minoura Package Overview for SoftFloat Release 2a
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      5  1.1.4.2  minoura John R. Hauser
      6  1.1.4.2  minoura 1998 December 13
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      9  1.1.4.2  minoura SoftFloat is a software implementation of floating-point that conforms to
     10  1.1.4.2  minoura the IEC/IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic.  SoftFloat is
     11  1.1.4.2  minoura distributed in the form of C source code.  Compiling the SoftFloat sources
     12  1.1.4.2  minoura generates two things:
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     14  1.1.4.2  minoura -- A SoftFloat object file (typically `softfloat.o') containing the complete
     15  1.1.4.2  minoura    set of IEC/IEEE floating-point routines.
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     17  1.1.4.2  minoura -- A `timesoftfloat' program for evaluating the speed of the SoftFloat
     18  1.1.4.2  minoura    routines.  (The SoftFloat module is linked into this program.)
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     20  1.1.4.2  minoura The SoftFloat package is documented in four text files:
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     22  1.1.4.2  minoura    softfloat.txt          Documentation for using the SoftFloat functions.
     23  1.1.4.2  minoura    softfloat-source.txt   Documentation for compiling SoftFloat.
     24  1.1.4.2  minoura    softfloat-history.txt  History of major changes to SoftFloat.
     25  1.1.4.2  minoura    timesoftfloat.txt      Documentation for using `timesoftfloat'.
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     27  1.1.4.2  minoura Other files in the package comprise the source code for SoftFloat.
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     29  1.1.4.2  minoura Please be aware that some work is involved in porting this software to other
     30  1.1.4.2  minoura targets.  It is not just a matter of getting `make' to complete without
     31  1.1.4.2  minoura error messages.  I would have written the code that way if I could, but
     32  1.1.4.2  minoura there are fundamental differences between systems that I can't make go away.
     33  1.1.4.2  minoura You should not attempt to compile SoftFloat without first reading both
     34  1.1.4.2  minoura `softfloat.txt' and `softfloat-source.txt'.
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     36  1.1.4.2  minoura At the time of this writing, the most up-to-date information about
     37  1.1.4.2  minoura SoftFloat and the latest release can be found at the Web page `http://
     38  1.1.4.2  minoura HTTP.CS.Berkeley.EDU/~jhauser/arithmetic/SoftFloat.html'.
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