[MPIWG Fortran] FP16 16-bit-floating-point

[Rolf Rabenseifner]

Hi all together,

I'm sitting in the MPI Forum Meeting and we discuss the new IEEE FP16
datatype.

Questions to the Fortran atandardization body:

- Does the Fortran Standardization Body has already a proposal for 
  the new name in Fortran for this IEEE FP16?

- Will be REAL*2 identical to IEEE FP16?

Best regards
Rolf

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