Real Data Type - Floating Point Numbers

Floating Point Numbers

A "floating point" type is a compromise between the flexibility of a general rational type and the speed of fixed-point arithmetic. It uses some of the bits in the data type to specify a power of two for the denominator. See floating point and IEEE Floating Point Standard.


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Numeric
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    • signedness
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  • Subtyping
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  • Type constructor
  • Type conversion
  • Parametric polymorphism

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