On 6/30/2014 12:35 AM, ed wrote:
On Monday, 30 June 2014 at 06:21:49 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
When precision is an issue we always choose a software solution. This has been
my experience in both geophysics and medical device development. It is cheaper,
faster (dev. time), and better tested than anything we would develop within a
release time frame.
But D "real" is a winner IMO. At my last workplace we ported some geophysics C++
apps to D for fun. The apps required more precision than double could offer and
relied on GMP/MPFR. It was a nice surprise when we found the extra bits in D's
real were enough for some of these apps to be correct without GMP/MPFR and gave
a real performance boost (pun intended!).
We targeted x86/x86_64 desktops and clusters running linux (windows and MAC on
desktops as well).
Good to know!
We did not consider the lack of IBM 360 support to be an issue when porting to D
:-P
The 360 is almost as auld as I am!
