From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!whuxlb!thf Newsgroups: net.general Title: Biased exponents Article-I.D.: whuxlb.354 Posted: Tue Jul 20 15:47:54 1982 Received: Sun Jul 25 01:43:56 1982 Does anybody know why the the representation of floating point numbers typically uses a biased exponent? Are there machines that do not use a biased exponent? reply to whuxlb!thf Tom Foregger