On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 at 18:36:25, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
>Norman Dunbar wrote:
>> We need "The Idiot's Guide to Floating Point Number Theory" I think
>!
>Eek, I'm scared already...
>
>Last time Floating Point Theory came up in my case was a few years ago
>when my son threw one of my (at the time numerous) calculators down a
>toilet...Point was it didn't Float ;-)
>
>Not quite sure why he did it, he was only about 2 years old at the
>time and doesn't remember it now!
Ben did a similar thing at about the same age.
He proved with a screwdriver that drives are not floppy (8-)#
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