Testing math library (libm) for new processor?

[Dik T. Winter]

 In article <2038 at hub.ucsb.edu> grosen at amadeus.ucsb.edu (Mark D. Grosen) writes:
 >
 > I am writing a math library (equivalent to libm.a on most UNiX systems) for
 > a new processor.  (Functions like sin, cos, log, etc.)  I would appreciate
 > any suggestions on how to test these routines.
 > 
You ought to have a look at the book "Software Manual for the Elementary
Functions" by Cody and Waite.  It describes how to implement these functions,
but also gives extensive test programs.  It contains a few errors, on the
other hand the descriptions are very clear and it describes a number of
pitfalls both in design as well as in testing.  It is however based on Fortran.
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