Intel® Fortran Compiler Classic and Intel® Fortran Compiler Developer Guide and Reference
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pc, Qpc
Enables control of floating-point significand precision.
Syntax
Linux:  |  
      -pcn  |  
     
macOS:  |  
      -pcn  |  
     
Windows:  |  
      /Qpcn  |  
     
Arguments
n  |  
      Is the floating-point significand precision. Possible values are: 
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Default
-pc80  |  
      On Linux* and macOS systems, the floating-point significand is rounded to 64 bits. On Windows* systems, the floating-point significand is rounded to 53 bits.  |  
     
Description
This option enables control of floating-point significand precision.
Some floating-point algorithms are sensitive to the accuracy of the significand, or fractional part of the floating-point value. For example, iterative operations like division and finding the square root can run faster if you lower the precision with this option.
Note that a change of the default precision control or rounding mode, for example, by using the [Q]pc32 option or by user intervention, may affect the results returned by some of the mathematical functions.
IDE Equivalent
Alternate Options
None