From:	"Guruman" <nospam DOT guruman DOT spamless AT pissoff DOT spam DOT interlog DOT nospam DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Longer than double?
Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 1998 04:28:16 -0400
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    I am doing some programming that heavily utilizes floating-point math,
using DJGPP. This code would benefit from having variables longer than the
precision that 'double' offers. (some juicy chaos theory stuff). The problem
is, I've reached the precision limit of my variables, and my plots look like
enormous Atari 2600 pixels, even at 1024 x 768.

    Are there any add-on packages (or hacks) for DJGPP that provide
extra-large precision functionality? I have seen products of this nature for
other compilers, but wouldn't know where to begin modifying them to support
DJGPP.

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