Re: PENTIUM BUG: PURITY TEST (UUENCODED BINARY)

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From: Michael Cornelison
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 20:16

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In <3aim6v$j7k@alecto.METC.DOE.GOV> "Edward C. Van Every" 
<evanev@metc.doe.gov> writes: 

>
>Could someone (re)post (or mail me) the code to check the 
>for the FDIV bug.  I'm curious if my machine is effected.
>(Although I'm not going to lose any sleep over it).
>

   double   x, y, z;

   cout << "Pentium Divide Check" << endl;

   x = 4195835.0;
   y = 3145727.0;
   z = x - (x / y) * y;

   cout << "0  x: " << x << "  y: " << y << "  z: " << z << endl;

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