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...On the need for predictable floating point arithmetic in programming languages fortran and c l dennis verschaeren annie cuyt brigitte verdonk university of antwerp campus uia infoproc department mathematics computer science universiteitsplein b belgium e mail yerschaeren ua ac be abstract during past decade ieee standard binary has been very successful many today s hardware platforms conform to this compilers should make functionality available programmers through high level they also implement certain features software such as input output conversions from internal representation numbers report a number workstations well personal computers will screened with respect their conformance it shown that most these do not shortcomings are essentially due respective language standards which lack attention categories subject descriptors g general d processors ams classifications n terms additional key words phrases introduction describes how handled advantages disadvantages discussed but stand...