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From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
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Subject: Re: determining the next model number >= any arbitrary number
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Date: 2 Jan 91 16:23:29 GMT
References: <1991Jan2.152418.11783@planck.uucp>
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In article <1991Jan2.152418.11783@planck.uucp> westley%planck.uucp@acsu.buffalo.edu (Terry J. Westley) writes:

>Since 100.0 cannot be exactly expressed in a binary floating point
>representation

Sure can.  (sign => 0, exponent => 2#111#, mantissa => 2#0.11001#)