Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Double

Double precision as denoted keyword, uses 64 bits to store a value. Double precision is actually faster than single precision on some modern processors that have been optimized for high speed mathematical calculations. All transcendental math functions, such as sin (), cos (), return double values. When accuracy has to be maintained over many iterative calculations, or manipulating large-valued numbers double is the best choice.

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