4 hundred quadrillonth?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.525.1242941777.8015.python-list at python.org>, Christian 
Heimes wrote:

> Welcome to IEEE 754 floating point land! :)

It used to be worse in the days before IEEE 754 became widespread. Anybody 
remember a certain Prof William Kahan from Berkeley, and the foreword he 
wrote to the Apple Numerics Manual, 2nd Edition, published in 1988? It's 
such a classic piece that I think it should be posted somewhere...