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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Float Vs Double |
| Date | 2016-08-24 08:36 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <e23qfaF35ipU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (18 earlier) <nphhqp$db1$1@dont-email.me> <nphjp1$k66$1@jstuckle.eternal-september.org> <nphn7v$1dh$1@dont-email.me> <nphr30$f0k$1@jstuckle.eternal-september.org> <npi8vt$2f6$1@dont-email.me> |
On 08/24/16 07:42 AM, David Brown wrote: > On 23/08/16 17:45, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> This is especially true when you're talking interbank transfers, where >> tapes are cut and sent to the Federal Reserve nightly. Adding four >> extra decimal places greatly increases the amount of time required to >> process those tapes (and yes, tapes are still used for a several very >> valid reasons). >> > > A modern LTO-7 tape is 6 TB and runs at 300 MB/s (raw). Let's assume > the bank is using tried-and-true technology rather than the latest and > greatest. LTO-1 from 2000 is 100 GB at 20 MB/s. So this extra space > costs 1.5 seconds of extra time - hardly a "great increase". Less than that - nothingness compresses rather well! >> Which only works if you have 64 bit integers - something relatively new >> in computing, and only available on a limited number of platforms. > > Yes, 64-bit cpus have only existing since 1975, and were not popular on > servers or serious computers until about 20 years ago. Quite new, > really. Don't forget Jerry World is stuck in the 90s, to there they are new. -- Ian
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Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-08 10:06 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-08-08 19:46 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-07 21:29 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-08-08 14:04 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-08 09:00 -0400
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Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-08 14:34 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-08 12:00 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-08 16:42 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-08 14:04 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-09 08:48 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-10 03:22 -0700
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Re: Float Vs Double Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2016-08-22 19:29 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-22 19:24 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 01:01 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-22 21:58 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-23 09:38 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 08:15 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-23 15:07 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 09:40 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 15:14 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 10:38 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 17:18 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 15:47 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-23 16:39 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 11:45 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-23 21:42 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 15:52 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-24 08:36 +1200
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-24 09:39 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 11:31 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 10:48 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 08:17 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-23 06:01 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 09:44 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-23 07:19 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 10:39 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-23 08:18 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-23 14:47 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 10:40 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-24 01:31 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-23 20:53 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-23 23:20 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 11:32 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-24 09:46 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-24 14:53 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 11:35 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-24 08:57 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-24 17:36 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 12:50 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-24 17:26 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 12:51 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-24 11:33 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-28 02:33 -0500
Re: Float Vs Double antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2016-08-31 22:36 +0000
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-31 15:51 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-31 22:42 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-01 08:32 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-01 15:00 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-01 13:45 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-01 20:50 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-02 08:11 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-02 12:25 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-02 20:42 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-02 16:25 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2016-09-03 08:43 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-03 10:48 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2016-09-03 19:43 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-03 18:16 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2016-09-08 11:18 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-07 19:59 -0500
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-08 08:13 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-08 19:34 -0500
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-09 07:50 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-09-02 23:40 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2016-09-03 09:06 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-03 10:52 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2016-08-24 08:57 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-08-24 01:04 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2016-08-08 06:44 +0000
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-08 00:16 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2016-08-08 23:29 -0400
Re: Float Vs Double jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-08-08 14:03 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-08 05:14 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-09 19:53 -0500
Re: Float Vs Double "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-08-07 18:47 -0400
Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-07 17:04 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-08 05:49 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-08-10 03:26 +0100
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-09 20:15 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-10 06:07 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-10 06:13 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-10 16:43 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-10 07:56 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-10 08:39 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-10 09:56 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-10 10:04 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-08-11 07:08 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 07:15 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-08-12 08:11 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-08-10 20:38 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-10 12:20 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-10 12:17 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-08-10 21:48 +0200
Re: Float Vs Double Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-10 13:40 -0700
Re: Float Vs Double Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-12 08:01 +1200
Re: Float Vs Double BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-10 15:00 -0500
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