Does any one know of a complier that supports the 80 bit long double?? Or do you have any idea how to get one on VC++ 6.0
Thanks
guy40az 0 Junior Poster in Training
John A 1,896 Vampirical Lurker Team Colleague
I don't know, but I'd definitely suggest trashing that old crap and getting a new compiler such as Visual Studio 2005 Express, or Dev-C++.
And if you need to hold huge numbers I'd suggest looking into a math library.
Infarction 503 Posting Virtuoso
If long double doesn't do it, I'm not sure. If you desperately need the precision, you could also use a 3rd party high (or arbitrary) precision library.
Oh, and unless you absolutely need VC6.0, I'd recommend you upgrade to something from this millenium. There is a free version of VC available from Microsoft even ;)
[edit:] quite the race going on here :p
guy40az 0 Junior Poster in Training
Well I am using VC 6.0 because it was given to me to learn c++, but according to
according to Microsoft they quit supporting the 80 bit long double when they started making 32 bit compilers, so getting a newer one from Microsoft will not do me any good.
WaltP 2,905 Posting Sage w/ dash of thyme Team Colleague
Well I am using VC 6.0 because it was given to me to learn c++.
And it's fine for learning C++. It follows enough of the standard that you won't have to worry about it. Compilers aren't like stereo systems where you have to have the latest and greatest every year. VC6 is still in extensive use.
It still bugs me when people keep suggesting someone upgrade just because a new version comes out. That's not always recommended. For example, have you guys upgraded to Vista? XP is so old... :twisted:
FoX_ 0 Junior Poster in Training
On my system Dev-C++ IDE supports the long double data type and shows it 12 byte(96 bit) with sizeof();
For more information you can look at here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_double
guy40az 0 Junior Poster in Training
Are you using Dev-C++ ver 4. and should i be able to run both vc6 and Dev C++ 4 on the same computer and same hard drive partition.
Infarction 503 Posting Virtuoso
and should i be able to run both vc6 and Dev C++ 4 on the same computer and same hard drive partition.
Yes, they are just two different applications that do the same thing. ;)
FoX_ 0 Junior Poster in Training
Are you using Dev-C++ ver 4. and should i be able to run both vc6 and Dev C++ 4 on the same computer and same hard drive partition.
Yes to all...
~s.o.s~ 2,560 Failure as a human Team Colleague Featured Poster
For example, have you guys upgraded to Vista? XP is so old... :twisted:
Sorry couldn't resist this... Is Vista free ? I guess no. Good compilers are not hard to get by, so the only reason for not upgrading would be laziness or some genuine project constraint....
WaltP 2,905 Posting Sage w/ dash of thyme Team Colleague
Sorry couldn't resist this... Is Vista free ? I guess no. Good compilers are not hard to get by, so the only reason for not upgrading would be laziness or some genuine project constraint....
You missed my point completely :p
~s.o.s~ 2,560 Failure as a human Team Colleague Featured Poster
That being... :D
It still bugs me when people keep suggesting someone upgrade just because a new version comes out. That's not always recommended.
John A 1,896 Vampirical Lurker Team Colleague
But I guess Walt's point was that Vista isn't the best upgrade choice right now, regardless of its price...
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