From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-03 01:55:25
> From: Matt Austern <austern_at_[hidden]>
>
>I'm more familiar with the very small units than with the very large,
>but in my experience it's quite common to convert between (say) electron
>volts and joules, and between meters and bohr radii.
This is true, but the number of significant figures remains the same.
So, although the magnitudes vary, the floating point floats
appropriately.
Kevlin
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