On 2005-05-31 22:11:36 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 2005-05-31 21:16:19 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > >> Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > The "long double" type is required, but it is not required to be > >> > extended precision. > >> > >> But it can be. > > > > So what? > > You can take advantage of it if it exists (which you can find out about > portably). But not if your compiler has crippled it.
You're wrong. If it is written in a portable way, the program will still work if the processor rounds in double precision. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
