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Abstract: Underflow is a floating-point phenomenon. Although the use of gradual underflow as defended in [2] and [3] is now widespread, most numerical analysts may not be aware of the fact that several implementations of the same principle are in existence, leading to different behavior of code on different platforms, mainly with respect to exception signaling. We intend to thoroughly discuss the...