Need > 15 digits precision without big performance hit

From: Jasper (jasper_marzin_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/27/04

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    Date: 26 Jun 2004 19:48:42 -0700

    Hello,

    I am doing calculations where I need ~50 decimal places of
    precision..I have been writing code and Perl and noticed that even if
    I convert my floating point numbers to integers, the maximum # decimal
    places is 15 !! And Adding in Math::BigInt or BigFloat slows
    performance to a CRAWL...does anyone have any recommendations here to
    get around this problem...Perhaps a way to have 15 digits on either
    side of the decimal, which it does not allow for today..If there is no
    recommendation, does adding more CPU's/clustered machines buy me speed
    of computation even though BigInt works at a software level ?? Does
    sprintf help this issue ?

    Thank you for your time,

    Jasper

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