RD> If you have a look at lines nine and ten
RD> cout << 1.e3 << endl; // 1000
RD> cout << 1.e-3 << endl; // 0.001
RD> Does 1.e3 mean one multiplied by a thousand, and 1.e-3
RD> mean one multiplied minus a thousand?
It means to move the decimal point.
It is multiplied by e3, and by e-3, which are, respectively,
10 raised to the third power, and ten to the -3 power, which
would be the inverse of e3, or 1/e3.
> ] Redundancy: Playing "Battle of Evermore" during housework...
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