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26 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> | |
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29 | <div class="toc"><dl> | |
30 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/cpp_bin_float.html">cpp_bin_float</a></span></dt> | |
31 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/cpp_dec_float.html">cpp_dec_float</a></span></dt> | |
32 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/gmp_float.html">gmp_float</a></span></dt> | |
33 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/mpfr_float.html">mpfr_float</a></span></dt> | |
34 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/float128.html">float128</a></span></dt> | |
35 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/fp_eg.html">Examples</a></span></dt> | |
36 | <dd><dl> | |
37 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/fp_eg/aos.html">Area of | |
38 | Circle</a></span></dt> | |
39 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/fp_eg/jel.html">Defining | |
40 | a Special Function.</a></span></dt> | |
41 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/fp_eg/nd.html">Calculating | |
42 | a Derivative</a></span></dt> | |
43 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/fp_eg/gi.html">Calculating | |
44 | an Integral</a></span></dt> | |
45 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="floats/fp_eg/poly_eg.html">Polynomial | |
46 | Evaluation</a></span></dt> | |
47 | </dl></dd> | |
48 | </dl></div> | |
49 | <p> | |
50 | The following back-ends provide floating-point arithmetic: | |
51 | </p> | |
52 | <div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> | |
53 | <colgroup> | |
54 | <col> | |
55 | <col> | |
56 | <col> | |
57 | <col> | |
58 | <col> | |
59 | <col> | |
60 | </colgroup> | |
61 | <thead><tr> | |
62 | <th> | |
63 | <p> | |
64 | Backend Type | |
65 | </p> | |
66 | </th> | |
67 | <th> | |
68 | <p> | |
69 | Header | |
70 | </p> | |
71 | </th> | |
72 | <th> | |
73 | <p> | |
74 | Radix | |
75 | </p> | |
76 | </th> | |
77 | <th> | |
78 | <p> | |
79 | Dependencies | |
80 | </p> | |
81 | </th> | |
82 | <th> | |
83 | <p> | |
84 | Pros | |
85 | </p> | |
86 | </th> | |
87 | <th> | |
88 | <p> | |
89 | Cons | |
90 | </p> | |
91 | </th> | |
92 | </tr></thead> | |
93 | <tbody> | |
94 | <tr> | |
95 | <td> | |
96 | <p> | |
97 | <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cpp_bin_float</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">></span></code> | |
98 | </p> | |
99 | </td> | |
100 | <td> | |
101 | <p> | |
102 | boost/multiprecision/cpp_bin_float.hpp | |
103 | </p> | |
104 | </td> | |
105 | <td> | |
106 | <p> | |
107 | 2 | |
108 | </p> | |
109 | </td> | |
110 | <td> | |
111 | <p> | |
112 | None | |
113 | </p> | |
114 | </td> | |
115 | <td> | |
116 | <p> | |
117 | Header only, all C++ implementation. Boost licence. | |
118 | </p> | |
119 | </td> | |
120 | <td> | |
121 | <p> | |
122 | Approximately 2x slower than the <a href="http://www.mpfr.org" target="_top">MPFR</a> | |
123 | or <a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a> libraries. | |
124 | </p> | |
125 | </td> | |
126 | </tr> | |
127 | <tr> | |
128 | <td> | |
129 | <p> | |
130 | <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cpp_dec_float</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">></span></code> | |
131 | </p> | |
132 | </td> | |
133 | <td> | |
134 | <p> | |
135 | boost/multiprecision/cpp_dec_float.hpp | |
136 | </p> | |
137 | </td> | |
138 | <td> | |
139 | <p> | |
140 | 10 | |
141 | </p> | |
142 | </td> | |
143 | <td> | |
144 | <p> | |
145 | None | |
146 | </p> | |
147 | </td> | |
148 | <td> | |
149 | <p> | |
150 | Header only, all C++ implementation. Boost licence. | |
151 | </p> | |
152 | </td> | |
153 | <td> | |
154 | <p> | |
155 | Approximately 2x slower than the <a href="http://www.mpfr.org" target="_top">MPFR</a> | |
156 | or <a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a> libraries. | |
157 | </p> | |
158 | </td> | |
159 | </tr> | |
160 | <tr> | |
161 | <td> | |
162 | <p> | |
163 | <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mpf_float</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">></span></code> | |
164 | </p> | |
165 | </td> | |
166 | <td> | |
167 | <p> | |
168 | boost/multiprecision/gmp.hpp | |
169 | </p> | |
170 | </td> | |
171 | <td> | |
172 | <p> | |
173 | 2 | |
174 | </p> | |
175 | </td> | |
176 | <td> | |
177 | <p> | |
178 | <a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a> | |
179 | </p> | |
180 | </td> | |
181 | <td> | |
182 | <p> | |
183 | Very fast and efficient back-end. | |
184 | </p> | |
185 | </td> | |
186 | <td> | |
187 | <p> | |
188 | Dependency on GNU licensed <a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a> | |
189 | library. | |
190 | </p> | |
191 | </td> | |
192 | </tr> | |
193 | <tr> | |
194 | <td> | |
195 | <p> | |
196 | <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mpfr_float</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">></span></code> | |
197 | </p> | |
198 | </td> | |
199 | <td> | |
200 | <p> | |
201 | boost/multiprecision/mpfr.hpp | |
202 | </p> | |
203 | </td> | |
204 | <td> | |
205 | <p> | |
206 | 2 | |
207 | </p> | |
208 | </td> | |
209 | <td> | |
210 | <p> | |
211 | <a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a> and <a href="http://www.mpfr.org" target="_top">MPFR</a> | |
212 | </p> | |
213 | </td> | |
214 | <td> | |
215 | <p> | |
216 | Very fast and efficient back-end, with its own standard library | |
217 | implementation. | |
218 | </p> | |
219 | </td> | |
220 | <td> | |
221 | <p> | |
222 | Dependency on GNU licensed <a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a> | |
223 | and <a href="http://www.mpfr.org" target="_top">MPFR</a> libraries. | |
224 | </p> | |
225 | </td> | |
226 | </tr> | |
227 | <tr> | |
228 | <td> | |
229 | <p> | |
230 | <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">float128</span></code> | |
231 | </p> | |
232 | </td> | |
233 | <td> | |
234 | <p> | |
235 | boost/multiprecision/float128.hpp | |
236 | </p> | |
237 | </td> | |
238 | <td> | |
239 | <p> | |
240 | 2 | |
241 | </p> | |
242 | </td> | |
243 | <td> | |
244 | <p> | |
245 | Either <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libquadmath/" target="_top">libquadmath</a> | |
246 | or the Intel C++ Math library. | |
247 | </p> | |
248 | </td> | |
249 | <td> | |
250 | <p> | |
251 | Very fast and efficient back-end for 128-bit floating-point values | |
252 | (113-bit mantissa, equivalent to FORTRAN's QUAD real) | |
253 | </p> | |
254 | </td> | |
255 | <td> | |
256 | <p> | |
257 | Depends on the compiler being either recent GCC or Intel C++ versions. | |
258 | </p> | |
259 | </td> | |
260 | </tr> | |
261 | </tbody> | |
262 | </table></div> | |
263 | </div> | |
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266 | <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2002-2013 John Maddock and Christopher Kormanyos<p> | |
267 | Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying | |
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