Re: is order urgent doubt

Eric Sosman <esosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote [re double double]:

[*] Although one wonders why `long double' wasn't used
instead.

Because double double (using a pair of doubles to represent a single
floating-point number) in the general case doesn't adhere to the
standard's floating-point model and thus isn't a valid implementation of
long double. To be a valid long double implementation, you would have
to restrict the exponents to make the fraction bits contiguous rather
than allowing a gap or overlap.

-- Larry Jones

I think grown-ups just ACT like they know what they're doing. -- Calvin
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