80 bit precision ?

[chris]

"km" <km at mrna.tn.nic.in> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> does python currently support 80 bit precision  Floating Point Unit ?
>
> regards,
> KM

I've just been using the decimal module for Python 2.3 (native in Python
2.4) at 100 digit precision to solve some very high order polynomials. Slow
but worked well for me. Also used a rational.py module ported to Py 2.3.
Perhaps you can do your calcs to the precision you want with a combination
of decimal and rational arithmetic.

bwaha