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From: etxpnil@etxsj23.ericsson.se (Per Nilsson TT/SJG 98194 )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Lattice C double
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Date: 28 Sep 90 06:30:45 GMT
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The following is a test program I've compiled with the Lattice C compiler.

main()
{
    double dub;

    dub = 12345678.0;
	
    dub = dub * 10.0;

    printf("%.9g\n",dub);
}

When compiled with the Lattice C V5.04, I've got the following output:

123456779.999999999

On my SPARC station I got the correct result:

123456780

Is this some kind of bug in the Lattice C compiler ?
Is there any way around this problem ?