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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cpp_bin_float</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">></span></code>
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boost/multiprecision/cpp_bin_float.hpp
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Header only, all C++ implementation. Boost licence.
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Approximately 2x slower than the <a href="http://www.mpfr.org" target="_top">MPFR</a>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cpp_dec_float</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">></span></code>
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boost/multiprecision/cpp_dec_float.hpp
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None
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Header only, all C++ implementation. Boost licence.
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Approximately 2x slower than the <a href="http://www.mpfr.org" target="_top">MPFR</a>
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or <a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a> libraries.
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mpf_float</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">></span></code>
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boost/multiprecision/gmp.hpp
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<a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a>
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Very fast and efficient back-end.
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Dependency on GNU licensed <a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mpfr_float</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">></span></code>
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<a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a> and <a href="http://www.mpfr.org" target="_top">MPFR</a>
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Very fast and efficient back-end, with its own standard library
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implementation.
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Dependency on GNU licensed <a href="http://gmplib.org" target="_top">GMP</a>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">float128</span></code>
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Either <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libquadmath/" target="_top">libquadmath</a>
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Very fast and efficient back-end for 128-bit floating-point values
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(113-bit mantissa, equivalent to FORTRAN's QUAD real)
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