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From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/26/2002 11:09:44
At 06:08 PM 2/26/2002 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>what is float & double floating-point variables format?
>
>i mean how many bits is for exponent , how many for number itself
The real answer is "It depends on the platform." VAX floating
point is different from IEEE floating point. So there's not one
answer.
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