Re: Floating point in Bash scripts??

Nate Eldredge writes:
The meaning [of arbitrary-precision floating point] seems pretty clear to
me, floating point arithmetic where values can be computed with arbitrary
precision (arbitrary number of digits). The sort of system that would be
suitable for computing pi to 50,000 decimal places.

Arbitrary precision is suitable for that. Normal floating point (IEEE
754-2008) is not.

"Arbitrary-precision arithmetic" might imply integer-only arithmetic.
The sort that would be suitable for computing 2^65536. What does the
term mean to you?

Arbitrary precision arithmetic:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrary_precision>

Floating point:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point>


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