Working with the set of real numbers (was: Finding size of Variable)

[Gisle Vanem]

"Grant Edwards" wrote:

>> Not *any* computer? Not in *any* way? The Python built-in "float"
>> type "works with the set of real numbers", in a way.
> 
> The only people who think that are people who don't actualy _use_
> floating point types on computers.

FPU parsing the IEEE spec, or?. I didn't quite parse what *you* wrote. 
To paraphrase:
  #include <math.h>
  "there are FP_NORMAL and FP_SUBNORMAL people in the world; 
   those who understand IEEE 754 and those who don't."  ..

--gv