Generalised floating point addition: Difference between revisions

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│ result in the final sum of 1e72 (for all cases). │
│ │
│ The (input) numbers may be in any base; the REXX variable BASE │
│ (below) is the value of the base (radix) that the numbers are expressed│
│ in. │
└─┐ The number of digits for the precision is automatically adjusted. ┌─┘
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘*/