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Article #6429Re: complex*32?
From: Jeff Carroll
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 23:34
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 23:34
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In article <KHB.90Feb12174730@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM> khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - SPD Advanced Languages) writes: > >IEEE double is large enough that quad precision (*32) isn't needed. I >neglected to be specific in my previous posting. _roughly_ speaking >ieee dp is good from 10**-308 to 10**+308. > This reminds me of the answers I used to get from a certain vendor of test equipment based in Palo Alto. When I thought of a really creative application for one of their boxes, the salesman would ask, "Why would you want to do THAT???" The WHOLE POINT is that some of us think that we *may need* COMPLEX*32. But then, we probably won't be doing this work on Suns... Jeff Carroll carroll@atc.boeing.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!yale!mintaka!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!carroll From: carroll@bcsaic.UUCP (Jeff Carroll) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: complex*32? Message-ID: <20285@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 13 Feb 90 23:34:37 GMT References: <9002120228.AA19489@euler.Berkeley.EDU> <KHB.90Feb12174730@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM> Reply-To: carroll@bcsaic.UUCP (Jeff Carroll) Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 19