Subj : Re: Any help on why?
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Bob Gonder
Date : Sun Jul 11 2004 07:48 pm

Wayne A. King wrote:

> While Borland and
>Microsoft C/C++  apparently both follow the IEEE spec, Microsoft BASIC 
>uses a different format (Microsoft Binary - MSB). 

Not too surprising, as the modern guys use the ubiquitous FPU while
MSBasic was wriiten before there were any FPUs in existance (MSBasic
began on the 8080 in the late '70s). No, wait a sec, there might have
been something from MosTech, or some such, but pricey, and only in
highest-end number-crunching workstations.

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