arbitrary precision has been implemented -- in library form, not as a compiler intrinsic. the likely reasoning is that there is no agreed-upon arbitrary precision standand (e.g. real*8 is an implementation of the ieee floating point standard). however, there are libraries and modules (in a sense, an extension to the language) that implement the arbitrary precision type.
http://crd.lbl.gov/~dhbailey/mpdist/ regards, mike On 12/16/05, Yigal Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No one has formatted fortran into arbitrary precision here? Well i'll be > darned. Well thanks a bunch. Is it because real*8 has been acceptable or > some other reason? > > > > On 16 Dec 2005 13:12:25 -0000, Euclid Uranium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is there a simple way of implementing arbitary precision in gnu > fortran > > > > compilation? I got rather confused about what could be easily done > and what > > > > cannot be easily done researching it myself. So any feedback would be > > > > great. > > > > > > You mean like having pi to any desired number of digits? As far as I > > > know, there is no intrinsic support for this in any FORTRAN (or C, for > > > that matter) compiler. > > > > Don't do it!!! > > > > http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1302963 > > > > pi is believed to be a normal number, ie containing all finite digit > > sequences. Computer files are as you know just finite sequences of > > numbers. > > > > The longer you calculate pi, the more likely you are to generate > > child-porn, copyright-infringing, DMCA-violating, or > > scientology-provoking files! > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
