1) an integer representation of the significand.
2) the exponent for the power of 2 that the significand must be multiplied
by to get the actual value. This differs from the DECODE-FLOAT exponent
1) an integer representation of the significand.
2) the exponent for the power of 2 that the significand must be multiplied
by to get the actual value. This differs from the DECODE-FLOAT exponent