Maybe this is off topic, but some interesting information about floating
point operations could be found at
http://vod.niif.hu/index.php?lg=en&mn=archive&eid=47&sm=listevent&secid=85.
I recommend you to check "Can we trust floating-point numbers?" by Paul
Zimmermann.
ISO/IEC 10967-3 "Information technology -- Language independent
arithmetic -- Part 3: Complex integer and floating point arithmetic and
complex elementary numerical functions" is worth to check too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Пётр Косаревский" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "FPC developers' list" <fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 5:51 PM
Subject: Re[3]: [fpc-devel] format function
Why do you think that scientific notation is used by default?
I personally prefer "-0.000" in this case.
It's just a personal preference.
A weak argument:
If you write a program "grandma" should use, you can always add an extra
check if she complains (and it will be only one of the many "extra
checks"!). If you want the program to be more rough and scientist
oriented, it will be one of only few "extra checks".
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