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How Computers Represent Floats [message #22640]

Wed, 29 November 2000 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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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.

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		How Computers Represent Floats By: davidf on Wed, 29 November 2000 00:00
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