>I can't find this information anywhere. Does anyone know what the precision
>of doubles is? I guess the thing I specifically need to know is: How many
>decimal places (i.e., digits to the RIGHT of the decimal point) or
>significant digits can a double hold? I need to do some math with some very
>small numbers, and I'm trying to figure out if the doubles used in MathLib
>will do the trick.
There is almost certainly a way to do your calculations using integer
arithmetic. If you are looking for precise answers floating point arithmetic
is probably not the answer.
-haemish
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