Sujet : Re: exercise in double number arithmetic
De : melahi_ahmed (at) *nospam* yahoo.fr (Ahmed)
Groupes : comp.lang.forthDate : 15. Jul 2024, 09:57:31
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 8:45:43 +0000, minforth wrote:
The limitiation is within FALOG that works with float64
i.e. 52 significant bits ~ about 16 decimal digits only.
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A Forth with DFLOAT=float80 (x87) works with 64 signif. bits
i.e. about 21 decimal digits.
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If this is a problem, the Pascal triangle does not have
such limitations.
Thanks for the explanation.
Ahmed
Re: exercise in double number arithmetic
Re: exercise in double number arithmetic
