On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 21:00 +0200, cpolymeris(a)gmx.net wrote:
[...]If numbers
from binary 0.1 to 1.0 are represented using 24 bits (sign bit + mantissa, I
think the implicit 1 does not count)
You could represent numbers to 1 bit of precision using a zero bit
mantissa (ie exponent only) format. So the implicit 1 definitely does
count.
Simon.