32 bit or 64 bit?

[ram.rachum at gmail.com]

On Jun 15, 2:48 pm, Peter Otten <__pete... at web.de> wrote:
> ram.rac... at gmail.com wrote:
> > Quick question:
> > I have python code that does a lot of floating point arithmetic. How
> > do I make it do the arithmetic in 64 bit? (I have a 64 bit CPU.) If
> > I'll install a 64-bit operating system, will that do the trick?
>
> The Python float type uses a C double internally which is 64 bit even on 32
> bit CPUs.
>
> Peter

Does it mean that even now it does arithmetic in 64 bit?
I'm not getting enough precision. Is there any way to increase it?

Ram.