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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 05:37:37 +1100
Subject: Re: extend methods of decimal module
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On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 5:34 AM, Mark H. Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> Yes.  ... and for clarification back to one of my previous comments, when=
 I refer to 'float' I am speaking of the IEEE binary floating point represe=
ntation built-in everywhere... including the processor!    ... not the conc=
ept of tracking a floating point, say in decimal for instance.
>

Are you aware that IEEE 754 includes specs for decimal floats? :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_floating_point#Basic_formats

ChrisA