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by LegionMammal978 743 days ago
Looking at the spec [0], it only demands 1 ULP of precision for the elementary operations, and 2, 4, or 8 ULPs for special functions. So there's no magic 1/2-ULP guarantee.

[0] http://ada-auth.org/standards/22rm/html/RM-G-2-3.html