title: Why will decimal128 be probably standardized and quad precision will not?
body: <p>This is a very naive question. If we look to the C and C++ standards committees, they are currently working on adding decimal floating point standard types:</p>
  
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  <li><a href="http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n1312.pdf">link to the C proposal</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2014/n3871.html">link to the C++ proposal</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>So it seems that we will probably have a standardized <code>decimal128</code> type while we do not yet have any standardized <code>binary128</code> type (quad precision and not simply extended double precision). Is there a technical reason for this situation or is purely "political"?</p>