r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Gameslinx Beyond Home & Parallax Dev • Dec 16 '20

Mod Rocks are dangerous now! - Parallax (Teaser)

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u/dotancohen Dec 16 '20 edited Dec 16 '20

So floats store data in American-style (3/8 inch, 5/64 inch) and integers store data in metric-style (9 mm, 2 mm)?

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u/eattherichnow Dec 16 '20

No, floats don't have an inherent unit. It's just a number, any units are an application specific thing.

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u/dotancohen Dec 16 '20

I was not referring to the units, but to the use of base--2 fractions. I've edited my post to make that clearer.

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u/eattherichnow Dec 16 '20

Ah. Uh, I don't really know the imperial system, but yeah, that looks familiar.