Re: high resolution floating point

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On Mon, 2014-02-03 at 06:48 -0800, CdeMills wrote:
> Would it be possible to open a "multi-precision" branch, with the
> objective of integrating this new type, and possibly merge it back
> into official Octave once full functionnal integration is reached ?

Perhaps, but please make sure you're follow Matlab's spec:

   http://www.mathworks.com/help/symbolic/vpa.html

Are you interested in fixing the rest of the symbolic package? 

Btw, the current symbolic package already has the vpa function
implemented. It's one of the few useful things in it. Perhaps you
could start from there.

- Jordi G. H.