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Re: How to detect EOFs in SEQ-files using M/C?
On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Wildstar wrote:
|Simply make a variable PI = 22/7 (That's as close to pi as you ever
|need to be)
But that departs from the 40 bit precision of Commodore floating point;
after all, 5 bytes (that is, 40 bits) are reserved in ROM to define
pi any time it is stumbled upon.
|Think basic math. Make a variable with thr value 22/7. Simple!!! That
|other method works too, I believe. But I am sure 22 divided by 7 is
|quite accurate. As accurate as your decimal digits allow.