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Subject: Re: exercise in double number arithmetic
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:45:43 +0000
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The limitiation is within FALOG that works with float64
i.e. 52 significant bits ~ about 16 decimal digits only.

A Forth with DFLOAT=float80 (x87) works with 64 signif. bits
i.e. about 21 decimal digits.

If this is a problem, the Pascal triangle does not have
such limitations.