[R] 16 digits and beyond? R64-bit a solution?

2009-02-06 Thread Aldi Kraja
Hi, I am working with some extremely small p-values and I want to capture the corresponding quantiles. I see the help file it says: 'qnorm' is based on Wichura's algorithm AS 241 which provides precise results up to about 16 digits. What happen after the 16th digits? If I am running

Re: [R] 16 digits and beyond? R64-bit a solution?

2009-02-06 Thread Charles C. Berry
On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, Aldi Kraja wrote: Hi, I am working with some extremely small p-values and I want to capture the corresponding quantiles. I see the help file it says: 'qnorm' is based on Wichura's algorithm AS 241 which provides precise results up to about 16 digits. What happen