From: "Tony Ingenoso" 

If you've got an Intel CPU with numeric capability (387 or later), then
you're got a 754 compliant system in terms of its floating point.  i.e it
will have four rounding modes capable of being abused and misused by any
and all applications and the OS

"Geo."  wrote in message news:3dd19eb8{at}w3.nls.net...
> Conformance to what, supporting multiple methods or to a default method?
> I've never had anything round up on odd and down on even numbers like the
> example given in this thread.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
> news:3dd08772{at}w3.nls.net...
> > W2K has no choice in the matter - 754 conformance is a property of the NPX
> hardware.  Of course choosing the right rounding mode for
> > any given situation is 100% up to the application, so they are free to do
> stupid things ;->
> >
> > "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3dd07446$2{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > does windows 2000 round off/conform to the IEEE 754 specification you
> > > mentioned?
> > >
> > > Geo.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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