On 9/15/05, Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de> wrote:
> Why "d" and "q"?

Some systems use "d" in place of "e" to denote double-precision
floats. Some use "q" for quad-precision floats.

> What do we need that for?

Good question.

These exponent letters shouldn't (in any case) be used with any radix
but 10. That goes for "e" as well: 16r2e0 should be equal to 16r2E0.
No?

--Tom Phoenix