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Re: Show HN: Floating point arithmetic types in C++ for any size and any base

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Post by seg_fault » Tue, Oct 22, 2024, 6:02 PM UTC

nly wrote: post #23

How does this compare to Boost.Multiprecision, which works well with Boost.Math? https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_86_0/libs/multiprecision/do... https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_86_0/libs/multiprecision/do...

My type is a bit simpler. But I think the approach is the same. After all, boost's type has much more math functions implemented. I don't have exp, sqrt...

Re: Show HN: Floating point arithmetic types in C++ for any size and any base

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Post by rurban » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 11:13 AM UTC

syockit wrote: post #26

rurban wrote: post #19

It's copyrighted so I should not even look at it, and therefore not comment on it.

It's copyrighted, but nothing stops you from looking at it. It's akin to looking a t a mural painted at someone's house. You can also comment as long as you don't post snippets of the code (except for when fair use is applicable).

Legally yes, but in reality not. In most companies or projects legal tells me not to look at it all, esp. the FSF. I can look at the API, but not the implementation.

That's why it's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-room_design.

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