OpenEuphoria

bcd

• Posted by a.tammer at hetnet.nl Apr 14, 2002
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hi evrybody,

first of all apologies to Derek, for not mentioning him (being the first to
react) in my last piece.

before i really start putting things together, i'd like to establish limits on
an actual [real world] precision to be achieved by the routines, as well as the
maximum number of digits to be displayable. more or less like setting a standard
for EFP-calculations.

i would appreciate evry1's input on that, including Rob's,Irv's, Ricardo's and
of all those who would like to see a BCD-possibility for EU.

'tho i could do 9 digits in an integer on 2nd thought i choose to do 8 as this
would give a real time-gain on mult() and pow() that will far outweigh the
storage-penalty of 12.5/100.

having said my main piece, i'd like to be quite open with you all. i'm more of a
conceptualist than i'm an EU-progger or even progger per se. most of you
lady(ies) and gents with far more experience than me in EU will be able to do the
actual coding a lot faster than i can. i nevertheless will do it of course, 'tho
i like the idea of a small team with a math-head, a fluent progger/coder working
with me on my concept, which i will put in a small paper (app. 3*A4) today and
post to those willing to join the team by this time to-morrow.

antoine