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List:       gmp-discuss
Subject:    [MPFR] Re: Speed of GMP relative to MPFR for quad precision calculations
From:       vincent () vinc17 ! net (Vincent Lefevre)
Date:       2012-11-19 23:40:26
Message-ID: 20121119234026.GG1041 () xvii ! vinc17 ! org
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On 2012-11-19 16:23:17 -0700, Jerry wrote:
> Is double-double part defined in C?

It is part of the PowerPC ABI, where long double = double-double
arithmetic. Otherwise, it needs to be re-implemented by the user,
based on IEEE 754 (this won't work on Linux/i386 machines due to
the use of extended precision; you need a processor with SSE2
support).

> Is this a way of getting (near-)quad precision using double
> precision floating point hardware?

One can say that. You get something like a 106-bit precision (it
can be more in specific cases), instead of 113.

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