On Monday, 3 July 2017 at 05:38:56 UTC, Era Scarecrow wrote:
On Monday, 3 July 2017 at 03:57:25 UTC, Basile B wrote:
6.251 has no perfect double representation. It's real value is:
I almost wonder if a BCD, fixed length or alternative for
floating point should be an option... Either library, or a hook
to change how the FPU works since doubles are suppose to do
16-18 digits of perfect simple floatingpoint for the purposes
of money and the like without relying on such imperfect
transitions.
IBM zSeries and POWER since POWER6 have BCD floating point unit...
