Re: calculators after 1999

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From: jus... Justin Russell Bendich
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1990 20:52

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In article <48...@sugar.hackercorp.com>, pe...@sugar.hackercorp.com
(Peter da Silva) writes:

>[...] Floating point is for crystallography freaks
>and pipe-stress weenies, anyway.

OK, then you tell me what the highest power of ten in 105099236700318592 is,
quick!  Besides, who needs all those extra digits?!?

>Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva <pe...@sugar.hackercorp.com>
>`-_-'
>'U`  "I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on tape somewhere"

Justin

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From: jus...@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Justin Russell Bendich)
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Subject: Re: calculators after 1999
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Date: 4 Jan 90 20:52:55 GMT
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