Cray did use floating point. It didn't use *IEEE standard* floating point. Float... | Hacker News

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		pclmulqdq 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “A calculator app? Anyone could make that” Cray did use floating point. It didn't use IEEE standard floating point. Floating point arithmetic is older than the transistor.

djmips 11 months ago [–]

Yeah I know. I linked the specs.

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