[AccessD] Single vs. double issue...

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Fri Mar 17 19:26:55 CST 2006


On 17 Mar 2006 at 19:02, Josh McFarlane wrote:
> 
> So, while it may be misleading to say that singles have a range form
> some number to negative some number, there are various values in
> between that cannot be accurately represented by the single / double
> precision...

In fact, there are an *infinite* number of values  within the quoted ranges 
of single/double precision numbers that can't be accurately represented by 
those storage methods. 

And it's not just an Aleph-0 infinity either , it's an Aleph-1 infinity.  
:-)









-- 
Stuart





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