>> #- > DEFAULT_MAX_EXPONENT = 999999999 >> #- > DEFAULT_MIN_EXPONENT = -999999999 >> #- > ABSOLUTE_MAX_EXP = 999999999 >> #- > ABSOLUTE_MIN_EXP = -999999999 [Edward Loper] > I can think of at least one real use for exponents outside this range: > probabilities. E.g., if I'm using probabilistic models to estimate > P(author|text), I end up multiplying together a large number of very low > probabilities, and the total probability could easily get this small. No, it couldn't -- and if you worked hard to contrive an example, a probability in the end smaller than the probability that the universe will spontaneously decide to run time backwards for a century is accurately enough represented by 0 (which your example will underflow to).
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