Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!decvax!cca!ima!haddock!johna From: johna@haddock.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: 4 -> 8 -> 8/16 -> 16 -> 16/32 -> 32 - (nf) Message-ID: <133@haddock.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Mar-84 23:37:39 EST Article-I.D.: haddock.133 Posted: Mon Mar 19 23:37:39 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Mar-84 01:39:54 EST Lines: 13 #R:sdccs5:-116100:haddock:13200010:000:449 haddock!johna Mar 19 12:32:00 1984 >> Floating point ? I don't do too much crunching, but I would expect >> 64 bits of double precision on a 32 bit machine would give you plenty >> of precision. Floating point gives great RANGE but precision is not its strong suit. 64 bit IEEE floating point has a 53 bit mantissa, giving approx. 17 digits. Any number 10^-17 < x < 10^17 will be exact, but anything else will only be an approximation. decvax!ima!haddock!johna