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   dxf to albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl   
   Re: FP number syntax   
   03 Jan 25 14:35:13   
   
   From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 3/01/2025 1:07 am, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
   > ...   
   > Chuck Moore, as soon as 32 bits computers came on the scene,   
   > proposed to ditch double numbers altogether.   
   > I have made an educative forth (yourforth)  similar to jonesforth.   
   > There I could avoid the complication of double numbers.   
   >   
   > P.S. I like double precision 64 bit numbers, but I like number theory.   
      
   Well, I consider mixed-math to be genius :)  Was it a Forth first -   
   or it pre-existed in some language/system?   
      
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