Hi Jonathan de Boyne Pollard, hope you are having a nice day
27-Oct-97 19:53:58, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote to Chris Downs
          Subject: Help Please
 CD>> I would love to hear a good explanation as to why 3.142(double)
 CD>> != 3.142(float)
 JdBP> Try converting them from base 10 to base 2.
 JdBP> Remember that IEEE 754 Short Real (float on most platforms,
 JdBP> including x86 PCs) has a 23 bit significand, and that IEEE 754
 JdBP> Long Real (double on most platforms) has a 52 bit significand
could you explain that in plain English like whats a significand ?
and What's IEEE 754 ?
 -=> Yours sincerely, Michael Rathburn <=-
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