Subject: Why does this not give a BFLOAT as an answer?
From: Richard Fateman
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 20:12:36 -0700
It is a bfloat, precision set to bfprec of 14 decimal digits, approximately.
Doug Stewart wrote:
> (%i4)
> BFLOAT(1.960784313725490196078431372549019607843137254901960784313725490196078431372549019607843137254901961B-2)
> *
> BFLOAT(1.886792452830188679245283018867924528301886792452830188679245283018867924528301886792452830188679245B-2);
>
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