[GHC] #15983: Built-in support for half-floats

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#15983: Built-in support for half-floats
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        Reporter:  lerkok            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.3
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.6.2
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Comment (by lerkok):

 @carter I agree that the SIMD support isn't stellar. I still think native
 support for half-floats (even if it was all software) would be valuable
 for modeling purposes and for DSL's that can use the base algorithms to
 generate more interesting code. I think this "feature request" makes
 sense, but whether there's enough ROI or something more systematic needs
 to be done first is obviously a GHC-HQ decision.

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