[metapost] Limited precision -- Megapost

[Hans Hagen]

On 21-1-2011 5:51, navarro at us.es wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I am having troubles with Metapost limited presicion. I can find in the web some references to
> the fact that
>
> Version 2.000 of MetaPost will have a runtime configurable precision
> and infinite numeric input range.
>
> there are also references to Megapost that seem to point in that direction
>
> I would be very grateful if someone could tell if (and how) one can these features already.

No, it will be available sometime later this year. A first step was 
rewriting large chunks of metapost (mem management and such). Once that 
is stable the next step is the enlarging. Anouncements will happen as 
usual on this list.

Hans

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