The Computer Journal 1963 6(1):62-66; doi:10.1093/comjnl/6.1.62
© 1963 by British Computer Society
A multiple-precision floating-point interpretive program for the Control Data 1604
A. H. Stroud1 and
D. Secrest2
1 Dept. of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc, USA, 2 University of Illinois, USA
This paper describes the basic features of a program for arbitrary precision floating-point computations for the Control Data Corporation 1604 computer. The input-output conversion technique is also described and some examples are given of calculations carried out in double and triple precision.

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