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Re: $calc Limit bug
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16/08/03
10:54 PM
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Ashkrynt
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It has nothing to do with the language actually. It's a limitation of the IEEE 1394 floating point representation, which is what's used by the FPU on PCs. It has 53 bits of mantissa, making it only accurate to approximately 17 significant figures.
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Re: $calc Limit bug
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17/08/03
12:31 AM
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IEEE 1394 is Firewire... as the following site explains.
Clicky here
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Re: $calc Limit bug
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codemastr
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To my knowledge, mIRC does not follow the floating point standard.
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Re: $calc Limit bug
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Oops. I meant
IEEE 754
. Stupid hard-to-remember standard numbers
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