Integrated: 8261366: Add discussion of IEEE 754 to BigDecimal

[Joe Darcy]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 07:23:25 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Informative update to BigDecimal and related classes to latest IEEE 754 terminology, including a discussion of the similarities and differences of BigDecimal and IEEE 754 decimal arithmetic.
> 
> Once the wording is finalized, I'll reflow any modified paragraphs and update the copyright years, etc.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 14cfbda3
Author:    Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/14cfbda3
Stats:     104 lines in 3 files changed: 62 ins; 3 del; 39 mod

8261366: Add discussion of IEEE 754 to BigDecimal

Reviewed-by: bpb

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2868