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            Limited to support for the types, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">float</span></code>,
            <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="keyword">double</span></code>.
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            Error handling is handled via setting ::errno and returning NaN's and
            infinities: this may be less flexible than an C++ exception 