| -----Original Message----- | From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org | [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Matthias Troyer | Sent: 13 November 2005 08:03 | To: boost@lists.boost.org | Cc: Robert Ramey | Subject: Re: [boost] [serialization] fast array serialization (10x speedup) | | | Same answer as above. IEEE has 32 and 64 bit floating point types, | and they are used also by XDR and CDR. As far as I know the 80 bit | type is an Intel extension. No, it is a proper IEEE 754 standard - as are 128-bit, and above, too! See, for example: http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/IEEE-754/IEEE-754references.html ftp://download.intel.com/technology/itj/q41999/pdf/ia64fpbf.pdf Paul -- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB Phone and SMS text +44 1539 561830, Mobile and SMS text +44 7714 330204 mailto: pbristow@hetp.u-net.com www.hetp.u-net.com