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From: mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1)
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On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 1:09:43 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:00:28 +0000, MitchAlsup1 wrote:
>
>> But then IEEE 754 exception semantics make even less sense than Linux
>> signals. ...
>
> Note that what IEEE 754 calls an “exception” is just a bunch of status
> bits reporting on the current state of the computation: there is no
> implication of some transfer of control elsewhere.

Then how do you implement the alternate exception model ???
which IS part of 754-2008 and 754-2019