Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"

On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 02:40:58 +0100, Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 27/06/2025 01:39, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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[...]if C is going to become more suitable for such high-
precision calculations, it might need to become more Python-like.

 
C is not in search of a reason to exist.

Not in traditional fixed-precision arithmetic, anyway -- at least after it
fully embraced IEEE 754.

With higher-precision arithmetic, on the other hand, the traditional C
paradigms may not be so suitable.