Re: Use of C99 extra long double math functions after r236148

From: Bob Bishop <rb_at_gid.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:59:08 +0100
Hi,

On 9 Jul 2012, at 06:02, Steve Kargl wrote:

> If you're doing accouting, hopefully, you're using BCD.

Would be nice, but it's far too slow for financial analysis; the chip designers go out of their way to provide fast floating point. Fortunately 53 bits is usually plenty with 2dp max.

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Bob Bishop
rb_at_gid.co.uk
Received on Mon Jul 09 2012 - 07:59:24 UTC

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