Converting floating - point applications to fixed - point
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Without knowledge of the issues, the right tools, and a well-thought out development methodology, floating-point applications can in fact suffer the same problems as fixed-point equivalents. The reduced precision and range of fixed-point numbers means that fixed-point applications encounter stability problems more easily than floating-point applications, but both types of applications encounter them.
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