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| From: | Phil M <phil at mobleybros dot com> |
| Date: | Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:08:58 -0700 |
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On Aug 31, 2006, at 7:18 AM, Charles Yeomans wrote: The largest integer value that a double without approximation can hold is something like 10^15, so I guess you'd expect overflow every 10^9 seconds or so - about every 31 years. Probably you should test to be sure. Wow. Then I guess I don't have to worry about rollover with Microseconds. =) Thanks. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> |
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