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From: ajp2o@crocus.medicine.rochester.edu (Anthony J. Persechini)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: double-precision arithmetic
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Date: 21 Nov 90 17:16:48 GMT
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Why is it that when performing the  double-precision
multiplication with  a large value, say 12345634234.56 times
a small value, say 0.01, I am losing the decimal fraction; i.e, the
above operation gives me  12345634234?

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Tony Persechini
Department of Physiology
University of Rochester Medical Center