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Subject:	Re: Types double , float
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:20:39 +0200, "infonews" <usrinfousr AT libero DOT it>
wrote in comp.os.msdos.djgpp:

> I'm learning C. I cannot find where are written the rules of coding
> of data in double or float types.
>   int n = 5   -----> in memory  is 0500 ,  OK.
>  double  n = 5  ------> 0000000000001440     ?????
>  float  n = 5 --------->0000A040     ????
> Anybody is so kind to solve this my puzzle ?
> Thanks in advance.

Actually the C language does not specify how floating point values are
stored, and it is not something that anyone writing portable, standard
C code really needs to know.  Actually the floating point format is
different for different processor hardware.

DJGPP uses the formats that Intel has defined for their hardware
floating point unit.  You can go to http://developer.intel.com and
download the data books for various Intel processors which will tell
you the definition of this format.

If you were using a C compiler for a different processor family, such
as a 68000, PowerPC, Sparc, and so on, the format would be different.

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