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Arbitrary-precision arithmetic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Perhaps the earliest widespread implementation of arbitrary precision arithmetic was in Maclisp. |
 | | Consequently, arbitrary precision is only used in a limited range of applications that require extremely precise results or exact integer arithmetic with very large numbers. |
 | | Arbitrary precision arithmetic is also used to compute fundamental mathematical constants such as pi to millions or more digits and to analyze their properties. |
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