I have been having some fun with Prime Numbers using FORTRAN 77
under RT-11 on a PDP-11. Since I rapidly run out of the capacity of
32 bit numbers (INTEGER * 4 NUMBER), I have started to use
64 bit values (REAL * 8 NUMBER) but the conversion routines
leave a lot to be desired on output. When using F32.0, I can count
on only about 15 digits of accuracy even though the values are often
accurate to an exact integer.
If needed, I can write my own conversion routines, but I though I
might inquire if anyone knows of any libraries which are exact or
better still, multi-precision libraries which can handle up to 128 bit
integers?
Can anyone
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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