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Re^7: Unpacking extended-double precision floatsby BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
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52-actual bits, but there is also an impled bit in for an effective mantissa of 53-bits. The tricky bit[sic] is that in the 64-bit mantissa of the 80-bit animal, there is not an implied bit. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
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