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From: joaquin@maestro.htsa.aha.nl (Joaquin Villar)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Floating point representation
Keywords: Float,Turbo C,Quick Basic
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Date: 2 Apr 91 10:16:53 GMT
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Can someone tell me how double precision floats (64 bit) are represented 
in memory and how they are stored on disk when using : Turbo C 2.0
                                                       Quick Basic 4.0

For my application, written in Turbo C, I have to read double float
numbers from disk which are stored on disk by a program written in Qbasic.
I know about the IEEE standard format for floats but I think neither
Turbo C nor Quick Basic use this format. (Am I right ????).

Please reply directly to : joaquin@maestro.htsa.aha.nl
Thanks in advance.