> Having an exponent instead of mantissa just means that the values that can be expressed are not linearly separated.
Being expressed as 1 10 100 1000 is not really different than being expressed as 1 2 3 4. There's still only four bits, i.e. 16 different possible values, no matter how we decide to express that in human-friendly terms.
Being expressed as 1 10 100 1000 is not really different than being expressed as 1 2 3 4. There's still only four bits, i.e. 16 different possible values, no matter how we decide to express that in human-friendly terms.