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Re: WANTED: Unlimited Precision Mathematical Operation Subroutines

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From: Jim Roth
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 1990 23:56
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In article <1990Dec5.114630.1@vaxr.llnl.gov>, noring@vaxr.llnl.gov writes...

>I am looking for a package of subroutines to do basic mathematical
>operations (*, +, -, /, **) with unlimited precision (that is, where
>I can specify the number of significant digits, for example, 1000).
>Since I am using VMS-FORTRAN, I'd prefer these subroutines to be
>FORTRAN-callable.

You can obtain Richard Brent's MP package from netlib.  It's in portable
FORTRAN, and I've used it on VMS.

- Jim
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