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Re:My Bug, My Bad: Sunk by Float by revelation on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @11:06AM (#5401297)
double is not "extra precision". Extra precision is builtin into the FPU; instructions use 80 bit (or 128 bit SSE) registers internally and then round back to your desired precision (single, double).
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