On 12 Mar 2003 at 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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. Otherwise Qdos is just the old fashioned 3-byte 32 bit mantissa, 12
> bit exponent.
Hmmm 32 bits + 12 bits in 3 bytes? Interesting.
(just teasing!)
Wolfgang
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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roy Wood
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
That's if one person the discount for all who reply before the end of
the month whatever now.
Something went wrong there - it became gibberish. I meant to write If
one person gets the discount everyone should - its only fair.
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Norman
Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
And thanks for the 'discount' - although I'm happy to pay the full price
anyway - I like to see my name in print :o)
That's if one person the discount for all who reply before the end of
the month whatever now.
Regards
Ro
Must be 6 - 48 bits :o)
-Norman
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3 or 6
bytes ?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Envoyé : mercredi 12 mars 2003
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[ql-users] Sbasic and numbersIn a message dated 11/03/03 03:40:54 GMT
Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As a fi
In a message dated 11/03/03 03:40:54 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As a final digression, I've always bemoaned the fact that floating point
is only allowed a twelve bit exponent. It could have gone for 15 bits,
which would have reduced the overall code and increased the speed!
T
>> QDOSMSQ's main problem , as you have found, is not so much the
range of
> > numbers that can be represented, but the way that the software displays it.
> > I'm sure some of the procedure wriuters amongst us, who understand these
> > floating point things (I don't !), could write a routine to t
Norman Dunbar wrote:
Morning François,
QDOSMSQ's main problem , as you have found, is not so much the range of
numbers that can be represented, but the way that the software displays it.
I'm sure some of the procedure wriuters amongst us, who understand these
floating point things (I don't !),
Morning François,
Per wrote :
>> >> you cant change the world, change yourself!" might usefully be applied
to
>> >> the problem.
you replied :
>> Or in this situation; if more serious work is involved, avoid Qdos/Smsq
;-)
I'm afraid it isn't any better in the mainframe, Unix server or PC wor
P Witte wrote:
Yes, the Psion suite has its own fp routines (more precision (14 (16)
digits) but less magnitude). It is not too difficult to write your own fixed
or floating point routines in Basic using basic school maths, but they would
be relatively slow. (The book "Mathematics on the Sinclai
Thanks Roy.
And thanks for the 'discount' - although I'm happy to pay the full price
anyway - I like to see my name in print :o)
Cheers,
Norman.
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Norman Dunbar
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Lynx Financial Systems Ltd.
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Tel: 0113 289 626
No worries Bill :o)
It will be delivered to me :o)
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