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  • Re: xkcd: Day Counter

    From thanks-to@[email protected] to comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada on Mon Apr 6 15:54:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    Thomas Koenig <[email protected]> hat geschrieben: |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Nor does "long double" have to be any more accurate thean | |"double". C's type system leaves something to be desired |
    |in that respect. |
    | |
    |Fortran showed how it's done with its kind numbers and | |SELECTED_REAL_KIND function - you ask for a certain minimum | |precision, and the compiler either gives it to you, or your program|
    |fails at compile time." | |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

    I recommend using Ada instead.
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada on Mon Apr 6 20:40:14 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 15:54:55 -0000 (UTC), Nioclás Pól Caileán de
    Ghloucester wrote:

    I recommend using Ada instead.

    Unless Ada offers the option for decimal arithmetic, that’s not likely
    to help.
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