[pstricks] postscript language to launch a rocket ?

[mathias legrand]

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>> it looks like when above several digits, calculations within pstricks or
>> postscript (?)
>> become difficult. Is there a way to correct this ?
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> The reference manual "LANGUAGE REFERENCE of Postscript" contains some informations on computational limits and precision of the calculations of PostScript on 32-bit machines.
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> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf
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> Appendix B.1 page 738
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> TABLE B.1 Architectural limits
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> Best regards,
>
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thank you for the reference. I'll have a look at it. I also downloaded 
the reference blue and red books (not sure
about the colors) about postscript: it's so big!