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[Anders F Björklund]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

>> No, "real" is an alias for "largest hardware implemented floating point
>> size". So it can be anything from 64 to 80 to 96 to 128 bits in size...
> 
> Yes, it's a type of unknown width. But it's a distinct type nontheless 
> for all I know. For example, even on a system that had 64-bit math, real 
> would be a distinct type from double even if they had the same size and 
> behavior.

Right, for all practical purposes it maps straight to C's "long double".

--anders