Re: [OT] somebody could explain this?

yes, MAJOR goof on my part. My brain cells were not firing quite right :(
For those really interested, here are some resources:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~cs354-1/cs354/karen.notes/reps.flpt.html
http://cch.loria.fr/documentation/IEEE754/ACM/goldberg.pdf
http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/courses/cs341/IEEE-754references.html


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> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Tom Lane
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:52 AM
> To: otto.hirr@olabinc.com
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> Subject: Re: [OT] somebody could explain this? 
> 
> 
> "Otto Hirr" <otto.hirr@olabinc.com> writes:
> > Most notably, the IEEE rep, either single or double, most certainly
> > has the ability to store the EXACT value for 0.1.
> 
> Oh really?
> 
>             regards, tom lane
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