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Zbl 0889.68015
Bailey, D.H.
Algorithm 719: Multiprecesion translation and execution of FORTRAN programs. (English)
[J] ACM Trans. Math. Softw. 19, No.3, 288-319 (1993). ISSN 0098-3500

Summary: This paper describes two Fortran utilities for multiprecision computation. The first is a package of Fortran subroutines that perform a variety of arithmetic operations and transcendental functions on floating point numbers of arbitrarily high precision. This package is in some cases over 200 times faster than that of certain other packages that have been developed for this purpose. The second utility is a translator program, which facilitates the conversion of ordinary Fortran programs to use this package. By means of source directives (special comments) in the original Fortran program, the user declares the precision level and specifies which variables in each subprogram are to be treated as multiprecision. The translator program reads this source program and outputs a program with the appropriate multiprecision subroutine calls. This translator supports multiprecision integer, real, and complex datatypes. The required array space for multiprecision data types is automatically allocated. In the evaluation of computational expressions, all of the usual conventions for operator precedence and mixed mode operations are upheld. Furthermore, most of the Fortran-77 intrinsics, such as ABS, MOD, NINT, COS, EXP are supported and produce true multiprecision values.

MSC 2000:: *68N15 Programming languages

Keywords: Fortran utilities; multiprecision computation

Cited in: Zbl 1216.81134

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