Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!paperboy!meissner From: meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Actually it's printf.. (was Re: Another C compiler bug) Message-ID: Date: 2 Nov 90 20:52:43 GMT References: <11565@sybase.sybase.com> <1990Nov1.153433.4006@cimage.com> <5017@amara.UUCP> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Followup-To: comp.unix.ultrix Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 13 In-reply-to: jcm@amara.UUCP's message of 1 Nov 90 20:10:12 GMT In article <5017@amara.UUCP> jcm@amara.UUCP (John Martin) writes: | No, actually I suspect that the real culprit is "printf" not rounding | properly (though I confess I haven't checked the binary form for the | 7e-7 floating-point value to completely absolve the compiler). I did do the checking, and the compiler is certainly passing the right bits. -- Michael Meissner email: meissner@osf.org phone: 617-621-8861 Open Software Foundation, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142 Do apple growers tell their kids money doesn't grow on bushes?