4.120300081267965e+103:

Pretty nifty!

2.914708259813678e+257

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

P.S. Too bad my perl isn't compiled for 64 bits. I had to use the hack below, as my (un)pack-fu isn't strong. (If I were going to redo any of perls features, it would probably be to make a comprehensible pack/unpack facility.)

$ cat t.cpp
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
union f {
    char s[32];
    double d;
} g;

int main(int, char **s) {
    memcpy(g.s, s[1], sizeof(g));
    printf("%23.16g\n", g.d);
}

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I think I'll play around with it to make it accept bitstrings.

In reply to Re: Exploring IEEE754 floating point bit patterns. by roboticus
in thread Exploring IEEE754 floating point bit patterns. by BrowserUk

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