From: Bob Kister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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#    Where can I find specifications for
#    80 bit floating point use in financials?

http://www.fixprotocol.org/specification/fix-42-with_errata_20010501.html

Search for "Data types".

There's a "15 digit" float. If thought of as BCD (binary coded decimal),
that's 15 * 4 == 60 bits. I don't know of any 80 bitter. It's transmitted
in ASCII anyway. Otherwise you're talking about a specific machine's
representation of a float.

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