[manticore] Decimal numbers

[Jeff Mrochuk]

We're using regulary binary fractions

ie 1/2(0.5) => 0.1
   1/4(0.25) => 0.01
    1/8(0.125) => 0.001
    1/16(0.0625) => 0.0001
    1/32(0.03125) => 0.00001
     1/64(0.015625) => 0.000001
so 0.345 would be 0.01011 or so



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ling Andrew Chaang" <acling at ee.ualberta.ca>
To: <manticore at icculus.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 3:22 PM
Subject: [manticore] Decimal numbers


> Jeff or Benj,
> 
> For debugging purposes,
> 
> we're representing decimal numbers with a 10 bit integer part and 6 bit
> decimal part...
> 
> The integer part is obvious in translating to binary, as for the decimal
> part, how do you want it represented...
> 
> for example, how do you want 0.345 translated into a 6-bit number
> 
> thanks,
> Andrew
> 
>