RE: [boost] C++ Standard Library proposal - Math functions forStatistics

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-23 06:16:43

At 04:21 AM 4/23/2003, Paul A. Bristow wrote:

 >I feel Boost can also help by providing just one working implementation,
 >even if just at 32-bit float accuracy, so any vendor who doesn't feel
 >willing or able to provide a better one can still offer the Boost one
 >and claim compliance.

What worried the vendors wasn't the float accuracy, but the long double 
accuracy.

One particular worry was that the amount of machine time required would be 
on the order of months.

--Beman