Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:59:08 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use of C99 extra long double math functions after r236148 Message-ID: <66FC3CF4-6013-453B-958A-979ED07C1920@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120709050238.GA54634@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20120529000756.GA77386@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4FC43C8F.5090509@missouri.edu> <20120529045612.GB4445@server.rulingia.com> <20120708124047.GA44061@zim.MIT.EDU> <210816F0-7ED7-4481-ABFF-C94A700A3EA0@bsdimp.com> <4FF9DA46.2010502@missouri.edu> <20120708235848.GB53462@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4FFA25EA.5090705@missouri.edu> <20120709020107.GA53977@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4FFA52F8.2080700@missouri.edu> <20120709050238.GA54634@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Hi, On 9 Jul 2012, at 06:02, Steve Kargl wrote: > If you're doing accouting, hopefully, you're using BCD. Would be nice, but it's far too slow for financial analysis; the chip = designers go out of their way to provide fast floating point. = Fortunately 53 bits is usually plenty with 2dp max. -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk
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