IEEE floating point format

[John Hascall]

In article <9697 at alice.UUCP> ark at alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) writes:
>In article <2170002 at hpldsla.HP.COM>, manoj at hpldsla.HP.COM (Manoj Joshi) writes:
 
>> What is the format for the IEEE floating point storage
 
>The format is:
 
>	field		32-bit format		64-bit format
 
>	sign			1			1
>	exponent		8			12
>	fraction		23			55
                            ------                    -----
				32 (ok!)                68 (huh?)
 
      Is it <1,8,55>, <1,12,51> or some other thing?
      (or have they found a way for more hidden bits :-)


      John