Re: high-precision type

Steven G. Kargl wrote:


If you need quad precision, check out Alan Miller's big pond.


That kind of quad precision has to be programmed in. You can't just flip a switch and see what happens, for one-time use or to evaluate the importance of roundoff. I did like the switch in Lahey's compiler.
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