Floating point number in BDIRasic & C

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2 total messages Started by ecn215z Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:27

#325

Author: ecn215z
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:27

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Does Basic use the same physical format as C when a 
Single(float) or Double(double) number is stored onto a file?

Thanks for any info.

C.L. Chang

Re: Floating point number in BDIRasic & C

#334

Author: Brian Wheeler
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:37

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In <1992Nov19.102706.90644@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> ecn215z@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:

>Does Basic use the same physical format as C when a 
>Single(float) or Double(double) number is stored onto a file?

>Thanks for any info.

>C.L. Chang

I think the newer Microsoft BASIC's use the IEEE floating point format.  I'm
not sure about C, however.

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