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> "you can't even represent 0.1 in IEEE floating point" Not true, the IEEE 754-2008 standard provides a Decimal Floating Point specification in binary. http:/
by letney 12y ago
> "you can't even represent 0.1 in IEEE floating point"
Not true, the IEEE 754-2008 standard provides a Decimal Floating Point specification in binary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_floating_point#IEEE_754-2008_encoding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_floating_point#IEEE_754...
- kps 12y agoAh, well, you're the best kind of correct. IBM even have instructions for it. I'll counter with the Ferranti Orion (1959) which had mixed-base operations (primarily for £sd accounting).