Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Rounding problem | From | Wayne Schlitt <> | Date | 23 Feb 1999 10:16:48 -0600 |
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In <36D2C19C.D799A751@uow.edu.au> Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au> writes: > > You'll find that the floating point representation of one or both of 2.4 > and 1000 isn't exact, [ ... ]
2.4 can't be represented exactly, but all integers up to +/- 2^53 can be (in doubles).
If you need larger "integers" than a long, but not as bit as a "long long", then using doubles can often be faster than using "long long". (watch out for division though.)
-wayne
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