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for both fixed-point and floating-point.
 
Many computer languages do not include built-in support for floatingfixed point values, because for most applications, floating-point representations are fast enough and accurate enough. Floating-point representations are more flexible than fixed-point representations, because they can handle a wider dynamic range.
Floating-point representations are also slightly easier to use, because they do not require programmers to specify the number of digits after the decimal point.
for most applications, floating-point representations are fast enough and accurate enough.
Floating-point representations are more flexible than fixed-point representations,
because they can handle a wider dynamic range.
Floating-point representations are also slightly easier to use,
because they do not require programmers to specify the
number of digits after the decimal point.
 
However, if they are needed, fixed-point numbers can be implemented even