Greetings! Enrique Perez-Terron <[email protected]> writes:
> On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 04:23 +0100, Enrique Perez-Terron wrote: >> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 15:12 -0500, Camm Maguire wrote: > [snip] >> > >(float a) >> > >> > 1.0715086071862672E301 >> > >> > >(float (1+ a)) >> > >> > 1.0715086071862673E301 > > But there is just one bit of difference: > > 7e6fffffffffffff > 7e70000000000000 > Yes, but all integers input should begin with the last bit pattern, no? All are greater than ....73. > (double, high address byte printed first on x86) > > If stability is desired, mpfr is the one to use. GMP does not aim at > stability, as far as I understand. mpfr is specifically "sold" as GMP > with correct rounding, even if it has grown beyond that. > ???? Take care, > -Enrique > > > > > -- Camm Maguire [email protected] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah _______________________________________________ Gcl-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel
