Reports on IEEE Standard 754, the Standard for Floating Point Arithmetic, had its beginnings more than 40 years ago. Implementations of the standard have flourished in many commercial microprocessors and other computer platforms. In June, a revision of the standard was approved by the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board. This column recounts some of the interesting history behind the standard.

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IEEE 标准 754：历史书籍之一

关于 IEEE 标准 754（浮点运算标准）的报告始于 40 多年前。该标准的实现在许多商业微处理器和其他计算机平台中蓬勃发展。6 月，IEEE 标准协会标准委员会批准了对标准的修订。本专栏讲述了该标准背后的一些有趣历史。