Re: Floating point bug in vitrual machine?

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From: Brian Duff
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:00

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Chris Hill wrote in message <64b5vi$rh11@forums.borland.com>...
>In article <3468E535.5AEB@eng.printronix.com>, 
>garc_an@eng.printronix.com says...
>>
>>Try this:
>>
>>  {
>>        Float f = new Float(512.0);
>>        int i = f.intValue();
>>        System.out.println(i);
>>  }
>>
>>I get 511 every time.  Any ideas why?
>>
>>P133/Windows NT 4.0 SP 1/Jbuilder Pro
>>
>>--AG
>
>I can't reproduce here.  I get 512.  P133/Windows NT 4.0 SP 3/Jbuilder 
>Pro.
>
>-- 
>Chris Hill
>hillca@cs.purdue.edu
>

I can't reproduce this on the following platforms:

   o Win 95 OSR2, Sun JDK 1.1.1, P100
   o Win 95 OSR2, Borland JBuilder Std, P100
   o Solaris 5.5.1, Sun JDK 1.1.4, Sparc ULTRA-1
   o Linux 2.0.29, JDK 1.1.3, P100
   o Win NT SP 3, Sun JDK 1.1.4, P100
   o Win NT SP 3, Borland JBuilder Std, P100

Brian

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