floating point error

[N8TM@aol.com]

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