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02/16/04 14:20
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#64861 - RE: why floating point numbers?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Jill Flynn said:
...fixed point representation. I'm not altogether sure it would work for me as I need pretty accurate values, so I think I should use floating point.

Rob Klein has already addressed the misconception that floating point is necessarily more accurate than fixed-point.

Jill Flynn said:
...I'm using digital oscillation formula to output values to the dac

Does your DAC accept floating-point values?
If not, your code obviously doesn't need 'em either!


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floating point numbers            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: floating point numbers            01/01/70 00:00      
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      RE: floating point numbers _ Rob            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: floating point numbers _ Rob            01/01/70 00:00      
            RE: floating point numbers _ Rob            01/01/70 00:00      
               RE: floating point numbers _ Michael            01/01/70 00:00      
               RE: floating point numbers _ Rob            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: why floating point numbers?            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: floating point numbers            01/01/70 00:00      
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         Lookup Table            01/01/70 00:00      
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      Which rubbish ?            01/01/70 00:00      
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