On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
16777215 ,aka (2^24) - 1, is the last sequential integer that can be
accurately represented by a 32-bit float,
Starting with 16777216, only even numbers are representable, but 16777216
is an even number, so 16777216 is the last sequential integer that can be
accurately represented by a 32-bit float.
the kind used in pd, so the 99999999 in the message, which pd processes
as a 32-bit float, would probably end up as another value.
It would *certainly* become 100000000 exactly, because representable
numbers in that range are only multiples of 8, and 100000000 is the
closest one.
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