Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!kubix!mad-2 From: mad-2@kub.nl (C. Wekx) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Assinging values to type float Message-ID: <1258@kubix.kub.nl> Date: 3 Sep 90 14:19:06 GMT References: <90240.003415RHMCSUPV@MIAMIU.BITNET> <667.26da7736@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <11394@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Organization: Tilburg University, The Netherlands Lines: 7 I don't understand what the fuss is all about as a well-known C-author, H. Schildt writes in his book 'C: The complete reference' on page 40: float f=123.23, without an explicit type cast.... Joris