Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

[Tony Firshman]

On  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 at 08:26:18, Norman Dunbar wrote:
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Morning Bill,

you said :

 did'nt understand a word of this thread ....
I'm glad is wasn't just me then. I've never got to grips with all that
floating point malarky - even when we were 'taught' it in school.
You are lucky to be young enough to have the luxury to forget.
Maths in the 50s/early 60s never got near this - even (for me) at 
University.
We didn't even have electronic calculators!
I wonder if there is a web site, or a download somewhere out there (I've not
come across any 'easy' ones) for duffers like me to get a grip on how all
the FP stuff hangs together, how it can be used in counting, etc etc.
We need "The Idiot's Guide to Floating Point Number Theory" I think !
Yep.

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