Bryan C. Warnock sent the following bits through the ether: > Interesting read. Dan skimmed over this, but what do .NET (and JVM) doe > for floating point numbers?
For the JVM: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/html/Concepts.doc.html#19511 "The floating-point types are float and double, which are conceptually associated with the 32-bit single-precision and 64-bit double-precision IEEE 754 values and operations as specified in IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic, ANSI/IEEE Standard 754-1985 (IEEE, New York)." More details at: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/html/Concepts.doc.html#33377 HTH, Leon -- Leon Brocard.............................http://www.astray.com/ scribot.................................http://www.scribot.com/ .... Cryptonomicon: The girl's guide to geek guys
