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|    Wolf Behrenhoff to inscriptionalacon@gmail.com    |
|    Re: real format    |
|    21 Jun 07 13:14:43    |
      From: NoSpamPleaseButThisIsValid3@gmx.net              inscriptionalacon@gmail.com schrieb:       > I mean : how many digits are save ?              Do you know how reals work?              Real has       1 bit sign       8 bits exponent       39 bits mantissa              To answer your question I have to ask: What is a "digit"? 0..9, 0..1, 0..f?              For 0..9: 2^39=549755813888 - so you have a "5" followed by 11 digits.       That means 11 digits are safe.              Wolf              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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