Comparison of double, long double, float and float128?

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My platform does not have a __float128, but here’s an example showing output by precision with float, double, and long double:

#include <cmath> 
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>

int main()
{
  float PI0 = std::acos(-1.0F);
  double PI1 = std::acos(-1.0);
  long double PI2 = std::acos(-1.0L);

  constexpr auto PI0_max_digits10 = std::numeric_limits<decltype(PI0)>::max_digits10;
  constexpr auto PI1_max_digits10 = std::numeric_limits<decltype(PI1)>::max_digits10;
  constexpr auto PI2_max_digits10 = std::numeric_limits<decltype(PI2)>::max_digits10;

  std::cout << "Float=" << std::setprecision(PI0_max_digits10) << PI0 << std::endl;
  std::cout << "Double=" << std::setprecision(PI1_max_digits10) << PI1 << std::endl;
  std::cout << "LongDouble=" << std::setprecision(PI2_max_digits10) << PI2 << std::endl;
}

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