Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.21.MISMATCH!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news3 From: jmfbahciv Newsgroups: comp.arch,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! Date: 20 Oct 2011 13:38:29 GMT Organization: "Have EDDT, will travel" Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <1319.297T1386T264355@kltpzyxm.invalid> <4E60C6B7.40309@SPAM.comp-arch.net> <8ht167tjg1dg9e22ekkf46dhfud0am962g@4ax.com> <1319.297T1386T264355@kltpzyxm.invalid> <4E60C6B7.40309@SPAM.comp-arch.net> <8ht167tjg1dg9e22ekkf46dhfud0am962g@4ax.com> <8639gek6lo.fsf@zipcon.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p6a92eaa1664a8d6fdc2e4ae94ae053d28e97986f71c2a72a.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Pineapple News/0.9.0 (Mac OS X 10.4.9 PowerPC) X-Registered-To: [Registered Name] X-Program-URL: http://www.platinumball.net/pineapple/news/macosx/ Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.arch:4282 Piotr Wyderski wrote: > jmfbahciv wrote: > > >>>> 34587706689349 times. >>>> >>>> It sure makes it hard to read and there is no excuse for that. I >>>> realize there are issues with commas versus spaces as separators, but >>>> these could be overcome. >>> >>> Even if they use spaces instead of commas, it's still easier to read >>> than no separators at all. >> >> Not spaces.. Which do you chose? > > 123_456_789 Which could be interpreted as a bit shift character. /BAH