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- From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron)
- Subject: Re: Help - IFF files used to store DOUBLES
- References: <1992Oct27.142015.2635@brandonu.ca> <shf.720953994@well.sf.ca.us>
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.92026.11585@ms.uky.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 14:20:26 GMT
- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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- shf@well.sf.ca.us (Stuart H. Ferguson) writes:
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- >In <1992Oct27.142015.2635@brandonu.ca> brycerw@brandonu.ca writes:
- >> [...] What is the best format to store DOUBLES in an IFF
- >>file to maintain consistency in machine-independence. These files will
- >>inevitably be used on PC's, and vax's, as well as other amigas.
-
- >I would use IEEE, since this is a published and common standard.
-
- On the other hand, if you want the file to be easy to decode on systems
- without IEEE real support, *the* most portable format is ASCII digit
- strings.
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