An int value can be more precise then a float can, however a float can hold bigger numbers. It's the difference between having a 24 bit fraction with 8 bits of exponent and 1 of sign vs 31/32 bits of fraction data without exponent. Plus, integer operations are faster then floating point operations, even if just margionably.
On 5/9/07, Vitaly Budovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dmitry Timoshkov wrote: > "Vitaly Budovski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Please show me how an unsigned int can represent values greater than >> 2^32. This is why a float is used. > > Of course int can't, but neither float can. Perhaps you confuse it with > double? > I'm pretty sure I'm not confusing it with double. http://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754#Single-precision_32_bit
