Re: CalcSharp

Helmut Wabnig wrote:
>
> On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:36:55 GMT, Jan Panteltje
> <pNaonStpealmtje@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On a sunny day (Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:11:56 +0200) it happened Helmut Wabnig
> ><EmailAddress> wrote in <oh6bi1h5ph1pnkf2f6cnka2i21fe3rq1jj@xxxxxxx>:
> >
> >>On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:43:03 +0200, Nik <nikola.stepan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>CalcSharp is .Net application that evaluates mathematical expressions
> >>>step by ste
> >>
> >> Tried (2 * 4)
> >>
> >>program only ask for registration, does not do any calculation,
> >>
> >>cannot evaluate,
> >>sorry.
> >Do not worry, I have the answer for you (2 * 4) is very close to 8.
> >How much precision do you want?
>
> Ahemmm....
> 1 e -13 please, to cope with Uncle Al's results :-)

Long-double-precision is increasingly less supported in both compilers
and hardware. No matter. The calculations are completed. Only
empirical results are important and they are at the verge of
emergence.


--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf
.

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