On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:54:02 +0400, Frank Torte <frankt123...@gmail.com> wrote:
Paul D. Anderson Wrote:
Is there an active project to develop arbitrary-precision floating
point numbers for D?
I've got a little extra time at the moment and would like to contribute
if I can. I've done some work in floating point arithmetic and would be
willing to start/complete/add to/test/design/etc. such a project. What
I hope NOT to do is to re-implement someone else's perfectly adequate
code.
If no such project exists I'd like to start one. If there are a bunch
of half-finished attempts (I have one of those), let's pool our efforts.
I know several contributors here have a strong interest and/or
background in numerics. I'd like to hear inputs regarding:
a) the merits (or lack) of having an arbitrary-precision floating point
type
b) the features and functions that should be included.
Just to be clear -- I'm talking about a library addition here, not a
change in the language.
Paul
When you can use a number in D that is more than the number of atoms in
the known universe why would you want a bigger number?
I'd like to calculate pi with up to 20000 valid digits. Or a square root of 2
with the same precision. How do I do that?
