13 Oct
2006
13 Oct
'06
10:35 p.m.
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, martin.peach@sympatico.ca wrote:
What the hell is a 'float' anyway? Can the definition be summed up in a concise paragraph in laymen terminology rather that computer/math academically wrapped lingo?
How about "a number with a decimal point in it"? And an int(= integer) is a number without a decimal point...
Part of the issues that users will encounter will be because of decimal-binary conversion, so no, you can't explain it that way.
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