General Decimal Arithmetic Specification 
Decimal Arithmetic Specification - 1.70

This document describes the operations of General Decimal
Arithmetic;
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Introduction – overview
Scope – what's covered by the specification
Model – abstract representations
Conversions – to and from strings
Arithmetic – arithmetic operations
Miscellaneous – other operations
Exceptional conditions – errors, etc.
Appendix A – The X3-274 subset – simplified number set
Appendix B – Design concepts – background
Appendix C – Changes – since 26 July 2000.


