Re: [Mingw-users] problem with limits and/or iostream?

[Bronek K. <br...@ru...>]

Greg Chicares wrote:
> The underlying (msvc) C runtime library assumes that
> long double is a 64-bit type. The compiler assumes it's
> an 80-bit type. Changing the compiler to conform to the
> runtime library would make long double a useless synonym
> for double. Changing or adding to the runtime library
> would mean reimplementing printf(), which is difficult.

maybe it's worth the trouble?


B.