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From: Warp
Date: 8 Aug 2006 20:36:20
Message: <44d92e04@news.povray.org>

Fredrik Eriksson <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
> Not with a Microsoft C++ compiler though. In their infinite wisdom they  
> chose the 64-bit type for both 'double' and 'long double'.

  It's the same wisdom that makes 'long' 32-bit even when compiling to
a 64-bit binary... (This is the only compiler in the world that I know
of which does that.)

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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