[fitsbits] 16-bit floats {External}

[Maren Purves]

As another one who also dates back to the days of punched cards, the
80 character length is what the punched cards had, 80 characters, 7
bit ASCII.

I'm glad Malcolm got back to doing some astronomical research after retiring.

Maren (nominally head of instrument and telescope software at the East
Asian Observatory/JCMT but really more of a sysadmin these days)

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM Malcolm J. Currie via fitsbits
<fitsbits at listmgr.nrao.edu> wrote:
>
> > Just because we are old does not mean that we are not working on state-of-the art software. The reason for wanting 16-bit floats is for this
> > specific reason. Radio astronomy software would benefit from 16-bit floats.
>
> Absolutely.  That realisation had crossed my mind at the time, and I
> wondered whether to qualify my statement.  The groups weren't mutually
> exclusive.  In the end I decided not to dilute the point that we do need
> fresh blood in the FITS WG.
>
> Malcolm
>
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