sorry, misunderstanding, i meant that (64-bit) floating point is ok for integer ops if you stick to 32 bit and don't do divisions.
On 13 May 2010 16:31, erik quanstrom <quans...@labs.coraid.com> wrote: > On Thu May 13 11:28:29 EDT 2010, rogpe...@gmail.com wrote: >> On 13 May 2010 15:23, erik quanstrom <quans...@labs.coraid.com> wrote: >> > i typically do programming calculations and floating point >> > just isn't the right way to do that. >> >> it's ok if you stick to 32 bit and don't do divisions. > > what!? > > acid: (1<<36) / 10\Y > 0x0000000199999999 > acid: 0x0000000199999999*10\Y > 0x0000000ffffffffa > > works for me. > > - erik > >
