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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain/32767)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Workstation Data Integrity
Message-ID: <3414@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 90 18:35:45 GMT
References: <1990Aug3.204358.330@portia.Stanford.EDU> <40694@mips.mips.COM> <2399@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1990Aug10.171744.9639@zoo.toronto.edu> <2421@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1990Aug18.210132.25203@sco.COM> <2434@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <6797.26d6edce@vax1.tcd.ie> <1189@geovision
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In article <1189@geovision.UUCP> gd@geovision.uucp (Gord Deinstadt) writes:
>rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie writes:
>>Chances are the program will crash with a floating-point error or at least
>>produce obviously wrong results e.g. profit for 1989 was $-32198742.88888.
>No doubt 32198742.88888 posters have already replied to this.  What they said.

Either he got hit by a memory error or he typed that wrong because it's
obvious that the number is wrong. I'd be willing to bet $32198742.88888
that he typed it that way.     :-)

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM         tif@doorstop, sc30661@ausvm6
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