> Actually, even on my 32 bit core duo, the long double type seems to give > 64 bits of precision, so using it might help a little. Do you have any > idea how to check at run/compile time what the precision of a double or > a long double is?
Being an assembler programmer, I can say definitely that all FPU registers on x86 are 80-bit and all compilers that I know compile long double as 80-bit numbers. Alec --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
