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Modula-2 system

    11-Mar-88 22:08:32
Sb: #113349-Modula-2 system
Fm: bob hawkins 70345,425
To: Steve Faiwiszewski 74106,425
You need LONGREALs if you're doing any serious numerical work. 32-bit single precision (yet another legacy of IBM) just don't have enough precision for matrix inversion, differential equations, etc. One more byte, and you might be able to get away with it; but 32 bit reals are worse than useless.