Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Maurits van de Kamp <maurits@...> wrote:
: Op Monday 02 May 2005 19:57, schreef GAmoore@...:
: > although I am a litttle unclear if it only applies to
: > integer operations (vectors) or floating point which is not referred to in
: > bit size.
: 
: It is actually (up to now it was 32-bit float, ie 8 bits mantissa and 24 bits 
: precision). If the G5's coprocessor is capable of making 64 bit calculations 
: and the OS supports an interface for it, then Logic will most likely use it 
: at some point.
: 
: Maurits.

Macs have supported 64-bit floats for years. Floating point does not have
the same hard limitations that integer math does in this regard.

10.4 adds native support for 'long double' types, which vary between 80
and 128 bits depending on implementation (80 bits is the standard).

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