es
        for anything important, especially if you rely on certain
        behavior in boundary cases (infinity, underflow), you should
        evaluate the implementation carefully.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        Comparing two floating-point values for equality might not
        always work as expected.
       </P
></LI
></UL
><P>
    </P
><P
>     On most platforms, the <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>real</TT
> type has a range of at least
     1E-37 to 1E+37 with a precision of at least 6 decimal digits.  The
 