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Le 20.12.2021 16:48, Steve Kargl a écrit :
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 11:15:53AM +0100, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> >
> > I assume what Steve is talking about is the corresponding value in
> > decimal of the number of ULP.
> > 
> 
> Bad assumption.  Please read Goldberg's paper.  I am talking
> about ULP in the underlying floating point format.
>

Thanks, it's more clear now: it's the ULP value.
Is your tlibm_libm program available for testing ?  If I find time I'd like to
do some tests.

-- 
Marc