[sci.math] Need greater precision

hanrahan@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Bill Hanrahan) (06/26/91)

Hi,

I have a student here working on some neural net stuff and he needs to
manipulate numbers with a lot more precision than the 16 or 18 digits
that he now gets. Does anyone know of any routines that may be of some
assistance? 
Thanks for any help.

Bill Hanrahan			hanrahan@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu
SUNY Binghamton			support@re.cc.binghamton.edu

kremer@cs.odu.edu (Lloyd Kremer) (06/26/91)

In article <1991Jun26.133648.503@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> hanrahan@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Bill Hanrahan) writes:

>I have a student here working on some neural net stuff and he needs to
>manipulate numbers with a lot more precision than the 16 or 18 digits
>that he now gets.


Microsoft C 6.00 has 'long double' (80 bits) pretty well implemented.

VAX C offers several floating types including H_FLOAT (128 bits).

					Lloyd Kremer
					Hilton Systems, Inc.
					kremer@cs.odu.edu