Q51125: "C For Yourself" Documentation Error – Long Double

Article: Q51125
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00 2.01
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr s_quickasm | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 17-JAN-1990

On Page 48 (fourth paragraph from the bottom) of the "C for Yourself"
manual, it states that a long double has 19 digits of precision. This
statement is incorrect.

A long double has 15 digits of precision and is the same as a double
in the current implementation. The same error occurs on the following
page (Page 49) under Table 4.1.