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Re: How Computers Represent Floats [message #22635 is a reply to message #22627]

Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00

Studenten
Messages: 4
Registered: November 2000

Junior Member

That would be realy nice...Cause i am facing these particular
problems...
Hope you find the posting...
cu
Jan

Nigel Wade schrieb:

> David Fanning wrote:
>>
>> Oh, dear. :-(
>>
>> I have occasion to recall a discussion posted in this
>> forum some time ago about how computers represent
>> floating point numbers. How they appear inaccurate, etc.
>>
>> I *know* I saved it, but I've searched on just about
>> every keyword I can think of on my local machines and
>> in Dejanews and I can't find what I am looking for.
>> (It's possible I dreamed the whole exchange. Stranger
>> things have happened.)
>>
>> If anyone saved the discussion (or even recalls it
>> enough to supply me with some likely keywords to search
>> on), I would be grateful.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> David
>>
>> P.S. In my dream (apparently) someone who is not a
>> frequent poster to this newsgroup published a fabulously
>> informative article on the subject.
>>
>> --
>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>> Fanning Software Consulting
>> Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
>> Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
>
> There was one not too long ago which started with a request
> about "10 bytes real". Was that the one?
>
> If it was back before May '99 then DejaNews won't be able to
> find it any more.
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
> University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
> E-mail : nmw@ion.le.ac.uk
> Phone : +44 (0)116 2523568, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555

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		Re: How Computers Represent Floats By: William Clodius on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: How Computers Represent Floats By: davidf on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: How Computers Represent Floats By: Phillip David on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: How Computers Represent Floats By: William Clodius on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: How Computers Represent Floats By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: How Computers Represent Floats By: Ivan Zimine on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: How Computers Represent Floats By: John-David T. Smith on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: How Computers Represent Floats By: Studenten on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: How Computers Represent Floats By: Nigel Wade on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00

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