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Re: Classic game LUNAR and G=1E-03

Subject: Re: Classic game LUNAR and G=1E-03
From: lyricalnanoha@dosius.ath.cx (Steve Nickolas)
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 03:16:54 +0000 (UTC)
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Nama wrote:
> On May 4, 10:14ï¿½am, sicklittlemonkey <nick.westg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 4, 11:49ï¿½am, Nama <forums6...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Can anyone help me with what 1E-03 means, and if there is another way
>> > to express it?
>>
>> Exponential notation where aEb = a * (10 ^ b).
>> So G=0.001
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nick.
> 
> Thanks guys,
> That seemed to allow me to enter the line...can anyone explain what
> the '!' mark means in this case.
> 
> seems when I run the program and input the same burn rates as seen
> here:
> 
> http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=106
> 
> ...the outputs are different for the FT and MPH!
>

If it's from an IBM dialect, ! means single precision float (the default
type in fpbasic).

-uso.

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