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I'm using gcc on linux. Not sure what the compiler's data type for "quadruple floats" is, though "long doubles" are 16 bytes accordint to ./Configure. It seems that (2^128) should be enough. I have long doubles turned on, and general 64 bit turned on, but I still max out at 2^64 instead of 2^113. Is there an additional gcc flag I can pass in that anyone knows of to get the 2^113 limit? Thanks! Scott

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Re^5: maximum value of a scalar
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 02, 2009 at 17:48 UTC
    though "long doubles" are 16 bytes accordint to ./Configure

    Probably worth running a C program that will printf("%d\n", sizeof(long double));
    Then you'll know for sure.

    What does perl -V output for this build of perl ?

    Cheers,
    Rob
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