have a look:

http://research.microsoft.com/~hollasch/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html



zth

On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 12:08, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> what is float & double floating-point variables format?
> 
> i mean how many bits is for exponent , how many for number itself
> 
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> Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
> start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.
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