On 22/05/2011 10:27 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 22.05.2011 09:37, schrieb Stephen:
>
>>> It computes FRACTals using the
>>> computer's INTeger instructions - rather than floating point -
>>> implementing numeric formats with much higher precision than natively
>>> supported by the computer's architecture.
>>>
>>
>> That was the question I meant to ask, how? But never mind if I'm really
>> interested I suppose I can look it up.
>
> Essentially they use the same methods you'd use when doing computations
> with pen & paper, except they use 16- or 32-bit (or nowadays possibly
> 64-bit) integers as "digits", i.e. base-65536 or base-42949667296 maths
> instead of base-10.

Thanks, that's just about the level I wanted.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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