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| Subject: | Re: Microseconds rollover? |
| From: | Matthias Buercher <reader at belle-nuit dot com> |
| Date: | Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:58:36 +0200 |
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this is an interesting remark. but if the internal value that creates
the microseconds value is also only a double, then there will not be
a rollover but a stop, because it cannot add 1 any more.
hypothetical, maybe it is much more precise internally.
matthias On 31 août 06, at 18:30, Charles Yeomans wrote: A correction -- it isn't rollover that will happen, but you'll lose precision.Charles Yeomans _______________________________________________ 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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