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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: MAX_FLT isn't?
Message-ID: <898@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>
Date: 16 Oct 89 21:45:33 GMT
Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center
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So what am I doing wrong here?

test.c:

# include	<stdio.h>
# include	<float.h>

main ()
{
float	f;

	f = FLT_MAX;
	printf ("%g %g\n", f, (float) FLT_MAX);
	printf ("%g\n", f - FLT_MAX);
	printf ("%f %f\n", f, (float) FLT_MAX);
	printf ("%f\n", f - FLT_MAX);
}


% cc test.c
% a.out
3.40282e+38 3.40282e+38
-3.61471e+29
340282346638528860000000000000000000000.000000 340282346638528860000000000000000000000.000000
-361471124579617760000000000000.000000

Paul DuBois
stewed-monkey-heads@primate.wisc.edu