[KLUG Members] Windows calculator v GNOME calculator

[Mike Williams]

There's no reason in theory why hex doesn't work to the left of the decimal point, but I can see why it wasn't worth the effort to code for a basic calculator.  Hex exists to represent bits, which don't really have a decimal point.

If a hex number had stuff to the right of the decimal point it would be a 1/16ths place, 1/256ths place, and etc.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Lueck <mlueck at lueckdatasystems.com>

Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:49:54 
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Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Windows calculator v GNOME calculator


Eric Beversluis wrote:
> So this made me wonder: does hex math for some reason only allow
> integers?

That is what I thought... Maybe look in Wikipedia.

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Michael Lueck
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