Re:0.30000000000000004
by amalcon on Friday November 13, 2015 @07:08AM
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Well, they can't be specified as IEEE 754 floats. A computer can still use those numbers in the form of decimal fixed-point or numerator-denominator formats.
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Re:0.30000000000000004
by Kristine1975 on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:12AM
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Since 2008 IEEE-754 also supports decimal floating-point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754#Basic_and_interchange...
>There are three binary floating-point basic formats (encoded with 32, 64 or 128 bits) and two decimal floating-point basic formats (encoded with 64 or 128 bits)