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Re: Re: Is there a Matrix module that supports BigFloat?

by metadoktor (Hermit)
on May 17, 2002 at 16:13 UTC ( [id://167354]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Is there a Matrix module that supports BigFloat?
in thread Is there a Matrix module that supports BigFloat?

Have a look at SciLab

Thank you. I will look for SciLab.

there are some CPAN modules called PDL that are apparently

Yes, I know. I pointed out PDL::Matrix in my post. The documentation for the module doesn't seem to indicate that it handles very large numbers.

metadoktor

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Re^3: Is there a Matrix module that supports BigFloat?
by etj (Deacon) on Jul 05, 2022 at 21:57 UTC
    Even in 2022, PDL does not support arbitrary-precision maths. It does (as of 2.064) support C "long double", but that is only guaranteed to be "at least" as precise as double. However! See Re^4: PDL datatype for discussion of how to actually implement this.

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