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Re^2: perl floating number additionby ig (Vicar) |
| on Jul 18, 2009 at 15:27 UTC ( [id://781344]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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Many modern processors also have support for Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) calculations, including Pentium, Itanium, PA-RISC, IBM mainframes and others. These capabilities can be used with assembly code programming or use of appropriate libraries. Standardization of decimal arithmetic was added to the new IEEE 754 2008 standard.
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