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echo: os2prog
to: David Noon
from: Rob Basler
date: 1994-10-12 11:27:00
subject: C/Set++

DN>CM> Could someone with a similar setup please compile the following
DN>CM> program:
DN>CM>
DN>CM> main()
DN>CM> {
DN>CM>         float temp=26.4;
DN>CM> }
DN>CM>

DN>In binary floating point, there is no exact repesentation of 26.4; the
DN>nearest you can get using IEEE single precision is 26.39996. Your
DN>decimal number has been rounded to the nearest binary floating point
DN>number. You can try double or long double instead of float, but these
DN>just reduce the rounding error rather than eliminate it.

Interesting.  Under BC1.0 for OS/2 I got 26.4.

Rob.
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