Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"

On 15/07/2025 20:41, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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

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

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

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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.

If you want something else, you know where to find it. There is no value in eroding the differences in all languages until only one universal language emerges. Vivat differentia.
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