23 Sep
2022
23 Sep
'22
6:18 p.m.
On Sep 23, 2022, at 1:52 PM, ben via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Just how do the supercomputer do i/o for all that floating numbers.
Weather maps I can see for output, but what about all that Top Secret
number crunching.
Ben.
I'm not sure I understand the question. Floating point numbers are bits in memory,
just like any other data. Disk and tape and similar data storage device I/O just moves
memory words to/from the device; it doesn't matter what the bit patterns mean.
Data interpretation does matter for output to devices like line printers, of course;
printing a decimal nummber is different for float vs. integer.
paul