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From: "Matthew Heaney" <matthewjheaney@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: float with 24-bit resolution
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 15:32:46 GMT
Date: 2003-08-16T15:32:46+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <y8s%a.5306$7z1.1713@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3F3D10B7.9080707@attbi.com


"Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com> wrote in message
news:3F3D10B7.9080707@attbi.com...
>
> I'll ask the same question a different way.  Using fixed-point
> arithmetic correctly is HARD.  Are you sure you are interested in the
> learning experience you will get?  In Ada, getting the declarations of
> fixed point types correct is not hard, and writing the code for a
> calculation may be very easy.

The immediate problem of the OP is to get the data off of the hardware
interface.  To do that you need a fixed point type.

After you have the value, then yes, you need to understand the arithmetic
model, but as you say this is a problem no matter what the programming
language.






  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-08-16 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-15 11:59 float with 24-bit resolution mailbox
2003-08-15 12:24 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-08-15 12:52   ` Adrian Hoe
2003-08-15 12:54     ` Adrian Hoe
2003-08-15 15:01       ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-08-16 15:29         ` Matthew Heaney
2003-08-15 13:39     ` Mark Johnson
2003-08-15 16:56       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-15 18:08         ` Mark Johnson
2003-08-16  3:30           ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-18 13:39             ` Mark Johnson
2003-08-20 21:12               ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-21 13:38                 ` Mark Johnson
2003-08-16 15:32         ` Matthew Heaney [this message]
2003-08-16 15:26     ` Matthew Heaney
2003-08-15 19:56   ` Simon Wright
2003-08-16  4:21     ` Adrian Hoe
2003-08-16 12:59       ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-08-16 15:35     ` Matthew Heaney
2003-08-17 11:40       ` Simon Wright
2003-08-17 13:46         ` Matthew Heaney
2003-08-18  5:05       ` Adrian Hoe
2003-08-18 13:14         ` Matthew Heaney
2003-08-19  3:09           ` Adrian Hoe
2003-08-19 13:00             ` Matthew Heaney
2003-08-30  5:02           ` Randy Brukardt
2003-09-02 16:05             ` Adrian Hoe
2003-09-03  3:31               ` Matthew Heaney
2003-09-03 20:46                 ` Simon Wright
2003-09-04  1:43                   ` Randy Brukardt
2003-09-04  9:53                     ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-09-05  3:46                       ` Randy Brukardt
2003-09-05 17:16                     ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-09-05 19:37                       ` Randy Brukardt
2003-09-06 20:48                         ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-09-08  7:53                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-09-04  1:45                 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-08-16  3:42   ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-16 15:38     ` Matthew Heaney
2003-08-16 16:36       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-16 15:22 ` Matthew Heaney
2003-08-17 11:46   ` Simon Wright
2003-08-18 10:04     ` Martin Dowie
2003-08-20 19:53       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-20 23:36         ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-08-21 13:54           ` Mark Johnson
2003-08-21 14:35             ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-08-22 14:07               ` Mark Johnson
2003-08-22 15:12                 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
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