Yo Hal! On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:23:04 -0700 Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> wrote:
> [Using ldexp when ldexpl isn't available.]
> > Serious loss of precision, but maybe the best we can do.
>
> Does anybody have any data on how serious that would be?
Yes, a float is 56 bits of precision. a timespec is 64 bits.
> Does ntp classic do anything interesting in this area? (That's the
> sort of thing that Dave Mills is likely to have thought about.)
ntp classic uses interger math, ntpsec uses double.
RGDS
GARY
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