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

From: Lucas Galfaso (lgalfaso_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-14 19:22:40

"Andy Little" <andy_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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> "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?

Just to put some light into this discussion, there are unlimited precision 
libraries. e.g.
http://keithbriggs.info/xrc.html
If you ask yourself how to represent an irrational number, first you have to 
read about computable number. Whenever you see that, the solution should be 
right there.

Salú,
  LG

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> regards
> Andy Little
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