Re: [boost] Interest in an arbitrary precision library?

From: Andy Little (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-13 06:28:36

"Daryle Walker" <darylew_at_[hidden]> wrote 

> OK.  When you say "arbitrary precision," you mean that a precision limit
> must be set (at run-time) before an operation.  Most people use "arbitrary
> precision" to mean unlimited precision, not your "run-time cut-off"
> precision.

Are  there really libraries that have unlimited precision? 
What happens when the result of a computation is irrational?

regards
Andy Little