Adding section on fixed-point types #1276
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pat-rogers
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| Decimal fixed-point types are based on power of tens and have the following |
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I think that should be "powers of ten" ie it is a little surprising otherwise.
| applications, where round-off errors from arithmetic operations are considered | ||
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| Ordinary fixed-point types are based on power of twos (in their hardware |
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Same issue here. Maybe that should be "powers of two" ?
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| The *small* and the *delta* of a fixed-point type indicate the numeric | ||
| precision of that type. Let's discuss these concepts and how they distinguish |
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Maybe "distinguish" should be "differ", or "can be distinguished"
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