Re: PENTIUM BUG: PURITY TEST (UUENCODED BINARY)

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From: Mike Cowgill
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 15:15

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In article <1994Nov14.184755.786@guitar.demon.co.uk>
           marcus@guitar.demon.co.uk "Marcus Bainbridge" writes:

> If you're doing things like this to that many places, you need something
> better than 64-bit or 80-bit accuracy to guarantee that *all possible
> calculations* are accurate.  My Casio calculator says the result is 
> 0.999999999.  Does this mean I can get them to replace the CPU?

My Hewlett-Packard calculator says 1.0. Does this mean it is better than a 
Pentium?

Mike.

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