max double

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 15 December 2006 20:17, Rick Stevens wrote:
>On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 19:44 -0500, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> How do I find the max double on my FC4?
>
>Assuming a 32-bit value, I think it's 1.79769313486231470e+308.
>
Doubles?  IIRC you may have an extra 0 in the exponent, is that not 
supposed to be a e+38?  Or is my knowledge out of date?

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