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		estomagordo on Aug 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Keisan Casio is shutting down Couldn't you simply use arbitrary precision floating arithmetic with i.e. Python?

tromp on Aug 31, 2023 [–]

Yes, python with import decimal can be used, as well as Linux bc, but the question was what you need so much precision for.

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