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Remove dead links from the IEEE float documentation

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Matthias Clasen 2010-07-08 19:52:36 -04:00
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@ -13,56 +13,45 @@ versions always exist.
<para>
The #GFloatIEEE754 and #GDoubleIEEE754 unions are used to access the
sign, mantissa and exponent of IEEE floats and doubles. These
unions are defined as appropriate for a given platform.
IEEE floats and doubles are supported (used for
storage) by at least Intel, PPC and Sparc, for reference: <ulink url="http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html">http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html</ulink>
</para>
<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
<para>
<ulink url="http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html">http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html</ulink>
sign, mantissa and exponent of IEEE floats and doubles. These unions are
defined as appropriate for a given platform. IEEE floats and doubles are
supported (used for storage) by at least Intel, PPC and Sparc. See
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_float">IEEE 754-2008</ulink>
for more information about IEEE number formats.
</para>
<!-- ##### SECTION Stability_Level ##### -->
<!-- ##### SECTION Image ##### -->
<!-- ##### MACRO G_IEEE754_FLOAT_BIAS ##### -->
<para>
See <ulink url="http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html">http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html</ulink>
The bias by which exponents in single-precision floats are offset.
</para>
<!-- ##### MACRO G_IEEE754_DOUBLE_BIAS ##### -->
<para>
See <ulink url="http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html">http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html</ulink>
The bias by which exponents in double-precision floats are offset.
</para>
<!-- ##### UNION GFloatIEEE754 ##### -->
<para>
The #GFloatIEEE754 and #GDoubleIEEE754 unions are used to access the
sign, mantissa and exponent of IEEE floats and doubles. These
unions are defined as appropriate for a given platform.
IEEE floats and doubles are supported (used for
storage) by at least Intel, PPC and Sparc, for reference:
<ulink url="http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html">http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html</ulink>
The #GFloatIEEE754 and #GDoubleIEEE754 unions are used to access the sign,
mantissa and exponent of IEEE floats and doubles. These unions are defined
as appropriate for a given platform. IEEE floats and doubles are supported
(used for storage) by at least Intel, PPC and Sparc.
</para>
<!-- ##### UNION GDoubleIEEE754 ##### -->
<para>
The #GFloatIEEE754 and #GDoubleIEEE754 unions are used to access the
sign, mantissa and exponent of IEEE floats and doubles. These
unions are defined as appropriate for a given platform.
IEEE floats and doubles are supported (used for
storage) by at least Intel, PPC and Sparc, for reference:
<ulink url="http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html">http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html</ulink>
The #GFloatIEEE754 and #GDoubleIEEE754 unions are used to access the sign,
mantissa and exponent of IEEE floats and doubles. These unions are defined
as appropriate for a given platform. IEEE floats and doubles are supported
(used for storage) by at least Intel, PPC and Sparc.
</para>
@ -117,9 +106,6 @@ The square root of two.
<!-- ##### MACRO G_LOG_2_BASE_10 ##### -->
<para>
Used for fooling around with float formats, see
<ulink url="http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html">http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/numerical_comp_guide/ncg_math.doc.html</ulink>
Multiplying the base 2 exponent by this number yields the base 10 exponent.
</para>