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Floating point is always available; say a little about what it is.

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Richard M. Stallman 2001-03-26 03:17:58 +00:00
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@node Floating Point Type @node Floating Point Type
@subsection Floating Point Type @subsection Floating Point Type
Emacs supports floating point numbers (though there is a compilation Floating point numbers are the computer equivalent of scientific
option to disable them). The precise range of floating point numbers is notation. The precise number of significant figures and the range of
machine-specific. possible exponents is machine-specific; Emacs always uses the C data
type @code{double} to store the value.
The printed representation for floating point numbers requires either The printed representation for floating point numbers requires either
a decimal point (with at least one digit following), an exponent, or a decimal point (with at least one digit following), an exponent, or