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From: mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran,comp.misc,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Quadruple-Precision Floating Point ?
Summary: 100 digits, 300+ bits
Keywords: REAL*16 hardware? obscure
Message-ID: <456@babbage.acc.virginia.edu>
Date: 19 Dec 88 13:49:50 GMT
References: <8561@alice.UUCP>
Organization: University of Virginia
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In article <8561@alice.UUCP>, wcs@alice.UUCP (Bill Stewart, usually) writes:
> Are there any machines that implement quad-precision (128-bit) floating
> point numbers in hardware?  Are there any commercial Fortran compilers

Honeywell(-Bull?)  DPS series do 100-decimal-digit floating point in
hard(firm?)ware.  Probably not available directly in fortran. try calling
PL/I. for that matter, try PL/I on your local mainframe.