Re: Numeric patch to add special-case representations for < 8 bytes

From: Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>
To: Patric Bechtel <bechtel(at)ipcon(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Numeric patch to add special-case representations for < 8 bytes
Date: 2007-03-01 04:41:45
Message-ID: 0BCE4924-94FC-4B09-A283-D957E13AAAD1@seespotcode.net
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On Mar 1, 2007, at 12:32 , Patric Bechtel wrote:

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> Gregory Stark schrieb am 01.03.2007 10:23:
>> "Patric Bechtel" <bechtel(at)ipcon(dot)de> writes:
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>>> Maybe you want to have a look here:
>>> http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/DPDecimal.html

Speaking of decimal encodings, does anyone know if DPD is patent-
encumbered? I believe Chen-Ho is patented (on which DPD was
apparently based), though the patent may have expired.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net

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