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Quote: use i*j/k for efficient calibration, scaling, and rational approximation; e.g., multiply by pi with an error of 10^-7
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Until the late 1970s, few minicomputers offered floating … Moore's approach was to build into Forth the … by a third, with a double-length intermediate product. … [This] enables calculations such as '12345 355 113 … 8.5x10^-8 [ref]. The ability to multiply by a … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: real numbers and floating point numbers (37 items)
Topic: FOCUS number system (8 items)