From: "Lars O. Hansen" <lars DOT o DOT hansen AT gmx DOT de>
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Subject: Re: C preprocessor not capable of floating point division ?
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 05:53:03 +0100
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> This is a simple misunderstanding of the C language.
>
> The number 8 is an integer value.
>
> The number 8.0 is a floating point value.
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> When you divide two integers, you get an integer.
>
> When you divide two floats, you get a float.
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> The preprocessor doesn't do any optimization, but the compiler often
> does.  It still obeys the rules above.


thanks, OK