Subject: quadruple precision

From: "Moshe Olshansky" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 10:36:52 IDT

An xlf compiler (version 2.3) on IBM RS/6000 workstation supports
REAL*16 format,  Moreover,  if you compile your old double precision
program with -qautodbl=dblpad option,  it is automatically converted
to R*16 program.
This extended precision (real*16) implementation does not confirm to
IEEE standard,  but nobody should worry about this.
Let me know if you need more information about the way R*16 numbers are
represented.

Moshe Olshansky.

P.S. does anybody know how I can get the Turbomole package
     (from whom to order, prices, term, etc.)?