hmmm.. imagine 3 cell zen float: 2 cells with double number, 1 cell with exponent, the dynamic range +/- 2.147483648E+/-9863 We may count all Higgs bosons in 10^119 multiverses (assuming the other universes are the same size as ours is) (:-))). Pito
> zenfloat uses 2 cells for a float number: > first - mantissa > second - exponent > so the math is done much easier than the ieee one > (Leon does). > To get the Leon's precision (23 bit mantissa) we > need 3 cells with > the zen however: (2 cells mantissa 1 cell > exponent), if even doable > with the zen libs.. > Pito > > .. > > > source library named > > > "zen float" (e.g. 4th) that could be useful as > > > well. At least to not do > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ Amforth-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel
