Re: unsigned 16 digit integer data type?
Re: unsigned 16 digit integer data type?
- Subject: Re: unsigned 16 digit integer data type?
- From: Shawn Erickson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:50:34 -0800
On Nov 4, 2003, at 7:59 PM, Chaz McGarvey wrote:
A double takes up 64 bits, too. The only reason I would use a double
is if integers weren't precise enough.
To be clear... Floating point numbers always have a smaller maximum
precision then the same sized integer (bits go to the exponent).
Floating point numbers however always have the ability to approximate a
much larger numeric range then the same sized integer.
-Shawn
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