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A double has a much higher precision due to it's difference in size. If the numbers you are using will commonly exceed the value of a float, then use a double. Several other people have mentioned performance isssues.

That would be exactly last on my list of considerations. Correctness should be your #1 consideration. Promise. But, in C++, when calling scanf and printf, the notation used to specify a double is "%lf", and that stands for long float, right?

Double List Cincinattipodcast All, So while a float is less precise than a double, a LONG float (presumedly called long float because it can be "longer" by having more terms) is the same accuracy and therefore essentially the same thing?