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Re: floating point error
- To: zs03 at aub dot edu dot lb, gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Subject: Re: floating point error
- From: N8TM at aol dot com
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:37:45 EDT
In a message dated 10/14/99 5:50:57 AM EST, zs03@aub.edu.lb writes:
> I cannot go beyond a floating point range of 10^308, and I need to get to a
> maximum of 10^4932. So basically the problem is how to declare a long
double,
> and do I need to change the setting of the compiler? If so, please tell
us
> how.
enquire.c has some examples working around this limitation by using hex
format, at least for the x86 case.
Tim
tprince@computer.org