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Using user-defined floating-point like <a href="../../../../../libs/multiprecision/doc/html/index.html" target="_top">Boost.Multiprecision</a>
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double
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2727
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__float128
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35
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multiprecision::float128
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35
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multiprecision::cpp_bin_float_quad
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6
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