Re: Floats

Am 11.07.2025 um 10:33 schrieb Anton Ertl:

In any case, FP numbers are used in very diverse ways.  Not everybody
needs all the features, and even fewer features are consciously
needed, but that's the usual case with things that are not
custom-taylored for your application.
 

The strongest application niche for Forth is embedded devices, e.g.
MCUs. The ADCs often used there have typical bit widths of 12 to 24 bit
(e.g. 24 bit for audio). So there are definitely areas of application
for Forth and small floats (after de-/normalization).
In some PLC/DCS, float24 is the usable width of a 32-bit word, whereby
the 8 free bits are used as binary companions, e.g. for measured value
over limit.