IEEE 64 Bit and Float>>asIEEE32BitWord

Eric Arseneau eat at huv.com
Mon May 29 01:03:26 UTC 2000


> Subject: RE: IEEE 64 Bit and Float>>asIEEE32BitWord
>
>
> Hm... not quite sure what you mean by 'a 64 bit version'. Of
> what?! Perhaps
> Float class>>fromIEEE32BitWord: helps?!
>
>   - Andreas

I was ambiguous, as I didn't know how to ask what I was asking.

I believe that what I need is a way to turn a float into the IEEE Double
format, which is 64 bits instead of the standard 32 bit Float defined by the
IEEE, which is what the asIEEE32BitWord does





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