On 02/13/2012 01:11 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2012-02-09 16:01:48 +0000, Andrew Haley wrote: >> On 02/09/2012 03:59 PM, Richard Guenther wrote:
>>> Maybe. Nothing would prevent us from composing from multiple sources >>> of course. crlibm also only provides double precision routines. >> >> Okay, but the crlibm algorithms could be extended to long >> doubles and, presumably, floats. Where's Vincent Lefevre >> when you need him? :-) > > I'm a bit late at reading and answering all my mail. :) > > Our team has new tools to support other precisions, so that > long double would be possible. > > Also note that CRlibm supports the 4 rounding modes, while the > IBM Accurate Mathematical Library currently used in glibc behaves > erratically (e.g. can even crash) on directed rounding modes. I think there is some consensus that crlibm is a great place to start for correctly-rounded elementary functions. I think we'd need, or at least greatly appreciate, some help from your team. Andrew.
