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Article #751Re: Extended Double ?
From: Markku Sakkinen
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 13:46
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 13:46
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In article <1992Oct5.114242.15590@unix.brighton.ac.uk> ddv@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Domenico De Vitto) writes:
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>Is there a any classes anywhere that allow greater presision than long double
>?
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>Ideally one where only memory was a limit would be best.
> ...
Hmm: already calculating 1./3. would then exhaust memory.
I think that unlimited-precision _rational_ arithmetic packages
have been built for several languages (don't know about C++).
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