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From: | Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Floating/fixed point |
Date: | Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:49:51 -0700 |
Organization: | Alcyone Systems |
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Message-ID: | <35F97EDF.694B9052@alcyone.com> |
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Blaine Hodge wrote: > Like Erik stated, > each has its strengths and weaknesses. Fixed can't represent a number > like > 1,000,000. Float takes a bit more work to convert to an integer. And also, like fixed point, has a finite amount of precision. -- Erik Max Francis / email max AT alcyone DOT com / whois mf303 / icq 16063900 Alcyone Systems / irc maxxon (efnet) / finger max AT sade DOT alcyone DOT com San Jose, CA / languages En, Eo / web http://www.alcyone.com/max/ USA / icbm 37 20 07 N 121 53 38 W / &tSftDotIotE \ / No one should have to dance backward all their lives. / Jill Ruckelshaus
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