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From: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: ffp numbers
Message-ID: <1991May22.145839.30983@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 22 May 91 19:58:39 GMT
References: <1991May20.848.3220@canrem.uucp>
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In article <1991May20.848.3220@canrem.uucp>, luciano.bertato@canrem.uucp (luciano bertato) writes:
> I want to program a function wh'in assembler' which takes a double
> (64-bits) floating point number and convert it to an ascii string.
> In the ROM kernal manual it only explains the 32-bit single
> precision FFP number format, with bit 1-6 as th exponent,
> bit 7 the sign, and bit 8-31 as the mantissa.
> Now what is the format for the double precision FFP number which
> is used in the 'C' functions??

There are no double precision FFP numbers.  FFP is single precision
only.  In C if you compile with FFP, doubles become floats
essentially.  All 64 bit FFP numbers on the Amiga are IEEE.

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