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From: " steve  howe" <un_x@hotmail.com>
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Subject: float
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can anyone tell me if FreeBSD will support IEEE DOUBLE FLOATS
anytime soon?  i am losing alot of precision in porting
software that needs that precision in mathematical computations ...
float to string to float conversion only give me 6 bytes of
accuracy with floats, but i get 8 bytes under DOS with Double Floats.
(i know Doubles are 40 bits, but i get 64 bits of accuracy in
conversion with Doubles ...)