[Maxima] all computations to be done in extended precision?

[Jaime Villate]

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 15:10 -0500, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> For example:
> 
> f(x,y):= x^2 + y^2 / 5       (NOT y^2 / 5.0b0)
> bfloat:40$
> f(2.1b0,3.2b0)

I guess we all understood your point but, for the record, you meant:

f(x,y):= x^2 + y^2 / 5
fpprec:40$
f(2.1b0,3.2b0)

Cheers,
Jaime