2008/5/21 Dave Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On May 21, 2:44 pm, "Jerry Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My understand is no, not if you're using IEEE floating point. > > Yes, that would explain it. I assumed that Python automatically > switched from hardware floating point to multi-precision floating > point so that the user is guaranteed to always get correctly rounded > results for +, -, *, and /, like Flaming Thunder gives. Correct > rounding and accurate results are fairly crucial to mathematical and > scientific programming, in my opinion. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
That's why there is the Decimal module. That's why the IEEE standard exists as well, because it is not possible to always use what you call multi-precision floating point with decent speed. That's why numerical analysis exists. Matthieu -- French PhD student Website : http://matthieu-brucher.developpez.com/ Blogs : http://matt.eifelle.com and http://blog.developpez.com/?blog=92 LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthieubrucher
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