Why does this not give a BFLOAT as an answer?



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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