Re: [Mingw-users] msvcrt printf bug

[KHMan <keinhong@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/5/2017 10:29 AM, Emanuel Falkenauer wrote:
> Hi KHMan,
> [snip]
> Lo and behold: contrary to popular belief of some "folks", not all
> mathematicians are loonies who have no idea how real world (e.g.
> computers) work.  ;-)

Détente please.

So: Some developers want to utilize exact decimal representations 
of IEEE singles or doubles in some way.

I just find it rather strange, we've all muddled along for say 50 
years with floating point stuff with few issues and then this.

Well okay, I'll just leave you 
professionals/developers/guys/people(*) at that.

(*) Pick one.

-- 
Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Selangor, Malaysia


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