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Article #645Re: Fast conversions, another urban myth?
From: Scott Amspoker
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1989 21:00
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1989 21:00
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In article <1989Sep22.201906.10618@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >Can you explain why binary integer arithmetic is less accurate than >decimal integer arithmetic for your applications? I was refering to decimal floating point as opposed to binary floating point. Integers never entered into the discussion at all. I have no idea why somebody would use decimal integers instead of binary integers. -- Scott Amspoker Basis International, Albuquerque, NM (505) 345-5232
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!gatech!unmvax!bbx!bbxsda!scott From: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.arch Subject: Re: Fast conversions, another urban myth? Message-ID: <164@bbxsda.UUCP> Date: 24 Sep 89 21:00:32 GMT References: <832@dms.UUCP> <688@UALTAVM.BITNET> <9dAz02zs58y201@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <27935@winchester.mips.COM> <136@bbxsda.UUCP> <1989Sep22.201906.10618@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) Organization: Basis International, Albuquerque, NM Lines: 13