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while storing the value 1.111 in a float variable the value stored and printed is 1.1109999. why is this loss of data or sometimes the gain of data?.

Hi! I have a decimal number (e.g 6433) and would like to see the process of converting this to IEEE short real floating point format! Any help is appreciated ;)

I'm in the midst of developing a Python toolset for some proprietary hardware used at NOAO. The code has to write a series of EEPROMS in the hardware to determine conversion factors for hardware attributes. The EEPROM format is 2048 32-bit words each word represents the slope, intercept, minimum or …

[URL="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/01/ieee-approves-faster-firewire"]The Inquirer[/URL] reports that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has formally approved a 3.2Gbps supporting Firewire specification which goes by the catchy name of IEEE 1394-2008. As well as that amazingly fast rate, IEEE 1394-2008 also supports full backwards compatibility with both S400 and S800 ports and …