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Re: Exponential

  • Subject: Re: Exponential
  • From: James David Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 13:07:23 -0600 (MDT)
 
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Jim Langston wrote:

> I just want to add that in all fairness to IBM this is not really an RPG
> or AS/400 issue, but an issue with how floating point values are stored
> in computers.  You could expect similar types of results in other
> langauges and platforms using floating point.

Could someone please explain why binary representation has a problem with
floating point?  I know I have heard this somewhere before but I can't
remember the reason.

James Rich
james@dansfoods.com

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