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From: Chris Holmes <cholmes AT surfsouth DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: 0xA000 plot pixels questions in 13h mode
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:01:38 -0400
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA
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Goldberg,Neil R. wrote:
> 
> I also wanted to ask how do you know/why is float 32-bit by default (in
> DJGPP)

  Floats aren't just 32 bit by default in DJGPP, they're 32 bit 
according to the IEEE standard.  I am not aware (meaning I am probably
wrong) that there is a 16 bit implementation of floating point by IEEE.

  Chris

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