In article <cjameshuff-8CAE9E.08563625032004@news.povray.org> , Christopher
James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>  wrote:

> You still seem to be missing my point. C and C++ do not specify that
> "double" is a 64 bit IEEE 754 float. Thus, you can not rely on it being
> a 64 bit IEEE 754 float! At this point in time, it *probably* is one,
> but that's not good enough. If your file format uses 64 bit IEEE 754
> floats, you need to specifically write them in that format, or your code
> will create incompatible files or just break on a machine that uses a
> different format.
>

I never said you would not have to not to do any work.  Oc course, to write
that code is really trivial anyway, so it is not an issue worth mentioning
at all.  Thus, your whole point is pointless!

    Thorsten

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