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Re: Bug in LSP arithmetic

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From: Kevin Sitze
Date: Tue, 23 May 1989 13:55
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I write:
>accuracy of only _6_ digits.  Anything else you see is affected by
>remaining bit patterns in the real number that may or may not be
>accurate.  When a*a is used in the observe window, LSP converts the

Uh, must be early still...

Wanted to say: Anything else you see is affected by remander bit
patterns in the real number that may or may not be accurate.  (During
string to number conversions SANE does some multiplications, etc)
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