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Only partly; James Coonen and Harold Stone are also responsible. The resulting K-C-S draft eventually became IEEE 754 [1] and contained the Gradual Underflow from the very beginning. That said, the eventual decision was collaborative---DEC, a major opponent, even failed to convince its own commissioner.

[1] https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/ieee754status/754st...



James => Jerome.




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