When a limit to the exponent applies, it must result in a balanced range of positive or negative numbers,[4] taking into account the magnitude of the coefficient. To achieve this balanced range, the minimum and maximum values of the adjusted exponent (Emin and Emax respectively) must have m...
This issue seems to propose both the dot and comma keys to be treated as a decimal separator, the same way Win32 calculator does it, which would on its own be a significant improvement. The discussion seems to have been focusing on resolving ambiguities, but the calculator already supports p...
magnitude 43 copy 43 copy-abs 44 copy-negate 44 copy-sign 44 invert 44 is-canonical 44 is-finite 45 is-infinite 45 is-NaN 45 is-normal 45 is-qNaN 46 is-signed 46 is-sNaN 46 is-subnormal 46 is-zero 46 logb 47 or 47 radix 47 rotate 47 same-quantum 48 scaleb 48 shift 49 xor...
A decimal floating point finite number includes three components: a sign bit, an exponent, and a significand. The magnitude (an unsigned value) of the number is the product of the significand and the radix (10 for DFP) raised to the power of the exponent. The number is positive or ...
precision, not magnitude. C# already allows an implicit conversion fromlongtodouble, which can lose up to twelve bits of precision. The conversion fromdecimaltodoublewould lose far more precision; going from 96 bit precision to 52 bit precision seems like too large a drop to make this implicit...
as well as relative magnitude information. Embodiments of the present invention are useful, for example, in a calculator apparatus of the type disclosed in U. S. Pat. application Ser. No. 885,020, filed on Dec. 15, 1969, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,593,313, entitled "CALCULATOR APPARATUS....