Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 10:57:15 +0000
From: "x DOT pons AT cc DOT uab DOT es" <ILGES AT cc DOT uab DOT es>
Subject: float, double and long double precision
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Organization: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
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Dear programmers,

A couple of questions about significant digits of floating point types:

1/ How many significant digits should I consider for float, double and
long double types (i386 machines)?

2/ If the answer is not a unique value (for example 6-7 for float,
15-16 for double, etc.), and it depends on the value of the number itself,
how can I know in which interval am I?

Thank you,

XP