<sod>Participation in drafting the standard was open to people with a solid knowledge of floating-point arithmetic.  More than 90 people attended at least one of the monthly meetings, which were held in [[Silicon Valley]], and many more participated through the mailing list. <eod>
<sod>Participation in drafting the standard was open to people with a solid knowledge of floating-point arithmetic.  More than 90 people attended at least one of the monthly meetings, which were held in [[Silicon Valley]], and many more participated through the mailing list.<eod>