Re: double to string????

[Joe Strout <joe@inspiringapps.com>]

On Jun 30, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Markus Winter wrote:

> Oh dear God. Double precision with 17 numbers after the decimal  
> point I can
> happily live with - but that it is restricted to 17 numbers before the
> decimal point is shocking.
I think you've missed the point of a "floating point" number -- it's  
17 digits (or so) period, both before and after the decimal point,  
which can "float" to any position within those 17 digits.
> And I still don't get how it can simply eat two numbers before the  
> decimal
> point.
Easy: it has no place to put them.

Best,
- Joe

--
Joe Strout
Inspiring Applications, Inc.
http://www.InspiringApps.com




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