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Question: evalhf still a mystery to me

Question:evalhf still a mystery to me

Mikey_W 35 Maple
evalhf
December 26 2023
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Hello,

Please could someone explain the background and motivation for using evalhf, and its scope and limitations.

I am not a computer scientist and only have a rudimentary knowledge regarding computer hardware, so the idea of the "hardware float" is abstract and not at all clear to me.

I have tried to go through the page https://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/maple/view.aspx?path=evalhf, but things like "double precision" do not mean anything to me.

Any comments or discussion, or direction to articles aimed at the novice, about what the evalhf instruction does would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

Season's Greetings!

Mikey
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