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On 26.03.15 22:12, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> Ada runtime math isn't supposed to
> require some complex infinite precision operation (which admittedly is
> interesting, since the compiler is required to do exactly that).

The requirement to not do infinite precision arithmetic
for Standard."*" seems plausible to me insofar as Standard."*"
in source text conveys "a single multiplication", not
some big number operation which could take unpredictable
amounts of resources. (Still interesting that compiler
capabilities are withheld from its users, though.)