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Re: Estimate value of e

#21

Oct 3rd, 2004

>Hee hee. Well, I'm both lazy AND arrogant.

>This is new to me... could you expand on this please?
I don't have my copy of the standard available at the moment, but if I remember it right, 1E-9 is the implementation limit imposed by the committee. IEEE expands this to something like 2.220...E-16. The details are lost to me right now though, sorry. :o

I'm a programmer. My attitude starts with arrogance, holds steady at condescension, and ends with hostility. Get used to it.