From: Clune, Thomas L. (GSFC-6101)
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2017 6:37 AM
> In the good-old-days, DOUBLE PRECISION was often something like 128 bits (and definitely not
> IEEE!).
In the good old days before those good old days, DOUBLE PRECISION was 64 bits.
> But that historic issue aside, using DOUBLE PRECISION is a real pain if you want to change
> to a different precision. The KIND mechanism will generally allow us to at least control
> the precision in a small number of “well chosen” spots in the code.
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