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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: BASIC is 50 |
| Date | 7 May 2014 19:08:24 GMT |
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On 2014-05-07, James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:
> (I was prompted to reply because I saw the comment that 64-bit floats can
> represent up to $100 trillion. That may be true for static storage but they
> would be very difficult to do calculations on due to the danger of losing
> information.)
Especially if you're trying to do the maths in the kinds of timescales required
for high frequency trading...
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BASIC is 50 Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-04-30 09:34 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-30 03:42 -0700
Re: BASIC is 50 Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-04-30 10:46 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-04-30 12:03 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-04-30 11:12 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-04-30 15:56 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-04-30 20:41 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-04-30 18:38 -0600
Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-01 02:38 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-04-30 22:50 -0600
Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-04-30 20:48 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-05-02 09:27 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-02 09:50 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-07 10:48 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-07 10:57 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-07 11:20 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-07 13:14 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-07 16:05 +0300
Re: BASIC is 50 Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-08 18:06 +0200
Re: BASIC is 50 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-08 20:17 +0300
Re: BASIC is 50 "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 16:08 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-07 18:38 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 19:09 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-07 19:08 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 greymausg@mail.com - 2014-05-08 10:15 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-08 11:38 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-08 17:55 +0200
Re: BASIC is 50 Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-08 17:44 +0200
Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-12 12:39 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-12 16:06 +0300
Re: BASIC is 50 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-12 22:48 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-13 12:03 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-13 13:23 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-13 16:22 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-13 19:42 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-13 19:49 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-14 01:09 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-14 09:51 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 bde@besplex.bde.org (Bruce Evans) - 2014-05-14 10:36 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-14 12:58 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 bde@besplex.bde.org (Bruce Evans) - 2014-05-14 16:13 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-14 19:24 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-13 15:50 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-01 02:50 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2014-05-01 09:06 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-05-01 09:56 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-01 10:25 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-01 16:43 +0300
Re: BASIC is 50 Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-05-01 18:03 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-01 21:35 +0000
Re: BASIC is 50 Rob <monst.oorzudo@ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-01 22:41 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2014-05-02 09:26 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-05-02 10:46 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-02 23:11 +0100
Re: BASIC is 50 Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-04-30 17:51 +0300
Re: BASIC is 50 Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-14 17:40 +0100
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