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Should fix #30.

@simonbyrne simonbyrne changed the title Use correct calculation for Valtkamp splitting Use correct calculation for Veltkamp splitting Aug 14, 2017
# - fix overflow for large values
# - use fma when available
function halfprec{T<:AbstractFloat}(x::T)
c = T((1 << cld(precision(T),2)) + 1)
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Ah, this won't work for BigFloats

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Dekker multiplication isn't exact

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