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On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 01:09:02PM +0000, Greg Stark wrote:
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> In fact, as I only recently found out, one of the design goals of IEEE
> floats was specifically that they sort lexicographically and use every
> bit pattern. So you can alwys get the "next" float by just
> incrementing your float as an 64-bit integer. Yes that raises your
> value by a different amount, and it's still useful.
Didn't know that -- thanks :-)
(and as Andrew Dunstan pointed out off-list: I was wrong with my bold
assertion that one can squeeze infinitely many (arbitrary length)
strings between two given. This is not always the case).
Regards
- -- tomás
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