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cla · 26 October 2014, 12:41

A new release is now available at aminet:
http://aminet.net/package/misc/math/amath

I had to discard the custom made code for printing floating numbers. Most errors came from this piece of code. I tested all of the above cases and all passed. Credits go to developer Ryan Juckett for his awesome dragon4 algorithm. He even made a few articles on his website about it:
http://www.ryanjuckett.com/programmi...point-numbers/

I also had to make a small note about precision. Some routines does not use scaling and while others do, errors are doomed to build up as expressions grow in size. An estimated accuracy of 11 digits should be enough to cover my ass

Regarding the faulty builds for FPUs and 68000 + 68020 it turned out to be something to do with floating numbers stored in registers and possibly faulty generated optimizations. Nevertheless calculations works again with the new GCC build configuration. Details are provided in the source code.

I still didn't get much feedback about bugs and actually I don't even know if FPU and 68060 versions work. If you have access to such hardware please send feedback.

And now, enjoy the magic numbers on your favorite Amiga

26 October 2014, 12:41	#10
cla dev Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Copenhagen Age: 48 Posts: 65	A new release is now available at aminet: http://aminet.net/package/misc/math/amath I had to discard the custom made code for printing floating numbers. Most errors came from this piece of code. I tested all of the above cases and all passed. Credits go to developer Ryan Juckett for his awesome dragon4 algorithm. He even made a few articles on his website about it: http://www.ryanjuckett.com/programmi...point-numbers/ I also had to make a small note about precision. Some routines does not use scaling and while others do, errors are doomed to build up as expressions grow in size. An estimated accuracy of 11 digits should be enough to cover my ass Regarding the faulty builds for FPUs and 68000 + 68020 it turned out to be something to do with floating numbers stored in registers and possibly faulty generated optimizations. Nevertheless calculations works again with the new GCC build configuration. Details are provided in the source code. I still didn't get much feedback about bugs and actually I don't even know if FPU and 68060 versions work. If you have access to such hardware please send feedback. And now, enjoy the magic numbers on your favorite Amiga Last edited by cla; 26 October 2014 at 12:46.