On Apr 10, 2007, at 7:43 AM, Raul Miller wrote:
On 4/10/07, John Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> NB. largest less than 1 >> 0j20": value 1 1022,#. 52#1 >> 0.99999999999999988898 > > I got a different answer > 0j20":_2{unq]1--:^:a: 1 > 0.99999999999999989000
A very long time ago (circa 1986) Larry Breed showed me how to convert values in base 2^x to decimal. It involves finding the "roundest" of possible decimal values.
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