Re: [Amforth-devel] Float testing - simple integration

[pito <pi...@vo...>]

hmmm.. imagine 3 cell zen float:
2 cells with double number, 1 cell with exponent, the dynamic range
+/- 2.147483648E+/-9863
We may count all Higgs bosons in 10^119 multiverses (assuming the
other universes are the same size as ours is) (:-))). Pito

> zenfloat uses 2 cells for a float number:
> first - mantissa
> second - exponent
> so the math is done much easier than the ieee one
> (Leon does).
> To get the Leon's precision (23 bit mantissa) we
> need 3 cells with
> the zen however: (2 cells mantissa 1 cell
> exponent), if even doable
> with the zen libs..
> Pito
> 
> ..
> > > source library named
> > > "zen float" (e.g. 4th) that could be useful as
> > > well. At least to not do
> 
>