From c54848d29d0cb3bb2ee5d6cf9012ae9b2ec42603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:39:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add explanatory para --- ztrans_proposal.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/ztrans_proposal.mdwn b/ztrans_proposal.mdwn index 11b9b8651..f1763ae1c 100644 --- a/ztrans_proposal.mdwn +++ b/ztrans_proposal.mdwn @@ -255,6 +255,11 @@ fused sequence replacing it) are required for other markets due to the higher accuracy obtainable at the lower range of input values when compared to LOG(1+P). +(Thus we start to see why "proprietary" markets are excluded from this +proposal, because "proprietary" markets would make *hardware*-driven +optimisation decisions that would be completely inappropriate for a +common standard). + ATAN and ATAN2 is another example area in which one market's needs conflict directly with another: the only viable solution, without compromising one market to the detriment of the other, is to provide both opcodes -- 2.30.2