float/double

[Chimera]

Here is what should be a beginners question, but it is biting me now.

According to the man page and reference texts, putting "l" in front of
"d" or "f" in printf or scanf implies a "long" value.  The problem I am
encountering is that "%ld" is accepted, but "%lf" isn't.  Is this
telling me that there is no difference between a float and a double on
the machine?  Note I am talking Unix.

Cheers,

   D3

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