Re: double to string????

[Kirk Gray <develop@kirkgray.com>]

On Jun 30, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Harrie Westphal wrote:

> Markus, a double only offers, I believe, 17 digits of accuracy. You  
> have exceeded that by a long shot. To handle a number like that  
> would require a double double, a 16 byte double I believe. There is  
> someone who offers an RB package that gives you basically unlimited  
> number sizes as well as a ton of other mathematics but I cannot  
> remember the authors name or the name of the package that he offers.  
> I am sure someone else will remember.
Bob Delaney's port of a Decimal type to RB can be found here:
<http://homepage.mac.com/delaneyrm/DecimalPlugin.html>

He has other extended number types also, but with more restrictive  
licenses.
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Kirk Gray
REALbasic Professional 2008r2
MacBook Core 2 Duo, OS X 10.5.3
Power Mac dual G4, OS X 10.4.11



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