all computations to be done in extended precision?
Subject: all computations to be done in extended precision?
From: Jaime Villate
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:22:41 +0000
On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 15:10 -0500, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> For example:
>
> f(x,y):= x^2 + y^2 / 5 (NOT y^2 / 5.0b0)
> bfloat:40$
> f(2.1b0,3.2b0)
I guess we all understood your point but, for the record, you meant:
f(x,y):= x^2 + y^2 / 5
fpprec:40$
f(2.1b0,3.2b0)
Cheers,
Jaime