Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 23:46:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathaniel Johnson <najohnso AT expert DOT cc DOT purdue DOT edu>
To: sousanet AT truenetrn DOT com DOT br
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Floating/fixed point
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fixed point is a special floating point that was made for speed... it uses
a 32 bit number to make up a float 16.16 

On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 sousanet AT cabugisat DOT com DOT br wrote:

> Hi,
> Could anyone explain the difference between floating point and fixed 
> point numbers in C? I know that C only has the type float, but I 
> found some functions for 'fixed point maths' in the Allegro library 
> for DJGPP.
> Thanks,
> Pedro Henrique Santos de Sousa
> Natal-RN, Brazil
>