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Article #6485Re: GNU C Floating Point Math
From: Jwahar R. Bammi
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1989 21:02
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1989 21:02
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In article <3497@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, esp_05@jhunix (Stdnt 05) writes:
>Some of the errors include:
> cos(0) doesn't seem to work
> (x*x)+(y*y) doesn't work when -1<y<0
> sqrt() doesn't work (with -mshort only);
> neither do related functions frexp and pow.
>
you have a very old copy. all of the above problems in the Fp support
routines and pml were fixed some time ago. please grab yourself a new copy
from dsrgsun.ces.cwru.edu or from the terminator archive.
>Any ideas or suggestions? After comparing GNU C with an ancient copy
>of the original (c.1986) Megamax C, with Megamax C blowing GNU C away,
can you be more specific. in what sense did it "blow it away"?
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