AMD64 fortran and precision

From: Robin Haunschild (Konqui_at_gmx.de)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:59:55 +0200

Hello,

I have an AMD64-computer (Athlon64 3400+) and tried to get advantage from
this 64 Bit CPU with the g77. But REALs stay in the 32Bit-precision. I
heared that 64Bit REALs should be as exact as 32Bit DOUBLE PRECISIONs.
What are Your experiences?

Greetings

Robin 

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Robin Haunschild
http://www.tuxschild.de

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