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In article <3ec25305@news.povray.org> , "Will W" <wil### [at] NOSPAMwizzards net>
wrote:
> So, this demonstrates this implementation of POV represents integers with a
> 32 bit number wheel, that wraps from positive to negative values at 2 raised
> to the 31st power (2^31, 2**31, or pow(2,31). This is of course because the
> high order bit is used as a sign bit.
Nobody ever said POV-Ray offers infinite precision. To the contrary, it has
been said very often that very small or very big numbers when used will not
always produce the desired results.
Thorsten
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