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Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 23:06:51 +0100
From: Francois Charton <deef AT pobox DOT oleane DOT com>
Organization: CCMSA
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To: Sly <sly AT aussie DOT net>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Floating Point???
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Sly wrote:
> 
> 
> floats are only precise up to about 6 digits or so.  doubles are precise up
> to .. err .. is it 10?
> 

floats have about 7 significant digits (23 bits in the mantissa, sign bit 
excluded)
doubles have about 16 significant digits (52 bits in the mantissa)

Francois