Am 20.04.2011 11:26, schrieb Michael Schnell: > On 04/19/2011 03:14 PM, Florian Klaempfl wrote: >> Using extended typically hides only bad numerical algorithms. There >> might be some corner cases where extended is usefull but I general I >> think it's a matter of bad algorithms. > Doing things like Matrix inversion of course is a good example that a > better algorithm helps more that increasing the numeric resolution. But > OTOH, when the algorithm is perfect, increased resolution still will > give better results.
As said in my other answer, it is quite likely that using extended precision increases also computation time, so better result is relative. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
