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Re:Free42 is a re-implementation of the HP-42S Scientific Pr... by Thorrez on Friday May 12, 2023 @02:08AM (#35912555)
Decimal means base 10. Decimus is the Latin word for 10, and deci- is the SI prefix for 1/10, e.g. decimeter is 1/10 of a meter. Decimal floating point is x*10^y whereas binary floating point is x*2^y . Compare to hexadecimal which means base 16.
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Re:Free42 is a re-implementation of the HP-42S Scientific Pr... by nvy on Friday May 12, 2023 @02:39AM (#35912768)
Derp. I misunderstood.
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