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Re: PENTIUM BUG: PURITY TEST (UUENCODED BINARY)

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From: John Beardmore
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 13:36
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In article <1994Nov14.184755.786@guitar.demon.co.uk>
           marcus@guitar.demon.co.uk "Marcus Bainbridge" writes:

>OTOH, Windows calculator has trouble doing something like 1.02-1 (can't
>remember the exact sum, but the answer came out as 0 when it should have
>been 0.02).

So replace windows !

-- 
John Beardmore     wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk
                   wookie@cix.compulink.co.uk
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