%eps value can be different than 2.220D-16

[esmamian]

Hi All !
According to the scilab help, the %eps value is a constrain that represent
the machine precision, so i thought it was different between 32 bits
machines and the 64 bits ones, but no :-s

I have Scilab 4.0.1 on a 32bits Windows machine and the %eps is 2.220D-16
My surprise was when i mounted Scilab 5.0.3 over a 64 bits Ubuntu 8.10
machine and got the same result :-?

Anyone knows why %eps is the same
and how i can compute an algorithm with more precision?

Greetings and thanks in advice

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Sofia Mamian
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