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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: micro-architectural details
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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> <snip>
>> With binary literals need to come separators, which are also handy if
>> you need to type a billion as 1000000000 without the need to
>> double-check the number of zeros. (Sorry, 1000*1000*1000 is naff.)
>
> You can also use 1e9.

1e9 is a floating-point constant.

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