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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:41:51 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 02:40:58 +0100, Richard Heathfield wrote:

> On 27/06/2025 01:39, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> [...]if C is going to become more suitable for such high-
>> precision calculations, it might need to become more Python-like.
> 
> C is not in search of a reason to exist.

Not in traditional fixed-precision arithmetic, anyway -- at least after it 
fully embraced IEEE 754.

With higher-precision arithmetic, on the other hand, the traditional C 
paradigms may not be so suitable.