I find the doubledouble to be rather intriguing (not to mention a little exasperating), and I purchased the (second hand) PPC box for the sole purpose of looking more readily at it.

I'm gonna ask this again: are you sure that we are talking about the same thing with respect to doubledouble and PPC?

When I google "PPC doubledouble" (and click past its annoying habit of trying to be helpful instead of searching for what I ask for), the *only* hits I get are those that also include (one of) your handles. Here, or on active state forums etc.

But, when I look at the C code there, I see "long double"; which according to wikipedia: MS map to double; Intel map to 80-bit IEEE (hardware) extended precision; and gcc maps to 128-bit IEEE quad precision. None of which are the doubledouble I'm talking of.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
I'm with torvalds on this Agile (and TDD) debunked I told'em LLVM was the way to go. But did they listen!

In reply to Re^16: Math::BigFloat to native double? by BrowserUk
in thread Math::BigFloat to native double? by BrowserUk

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