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=={{header|EchoLisp}}==
No fixed point addition. EchoLisp floating point numbers are always stored as double precision floating point numbers, following the international IEEE 754 standard.
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;; using floating point arithmetic
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;;NB. The 17-nth decimal we gain using Kahan method will probably be lost in subsequent calculations.
;;Kahan algorithm will be useful for fixed-point decimal calculations, which EchoLisp does not have.▼
▲Kahan algorithm will be useful for fixed-point decimal calculations, which EchoLisp does not have.
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