RE: [MacPerl] pi, slightly off topic

["Creede Lambard (Volt Computer)" <a-creela@microsoft.com>]

OK, I'll admit to not knowing that. While I have some vague idea of what my
computer is doing while I'm sitting up here on top of it running Perl or
Outlook or the game of the moment, vague is the operative word. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthias Neeracher [mailto:neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch]
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 2:12 PM
> To: Creede Lambard (Volt Computer)
> Cc: 'Brian McNett'; Bill Jones; MacPerl List
> Subject: Re: [MacPerl] pi, slightly off topic

...

> 
> You have to remember that nowadays, pretty much all 
> microprocessors use IEEE
> arithmetic, so Perl's doubles have exactly the same 64 bit 
> representation (52
> bit mantissa, 11 bit exponent, 1 bit sign) on most PC/workstation
> platforms. Even the accuracy of most arithmetic operations is 
> standardized. It
> is hardly surprising, therefore, that you get the same number 
> of accurate
> digits everywhere.

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