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From: peraino@gmuvax.gmu.edu
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Subject: RE: A Bug or not ?
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Date: 12 Apr 91 13:34:00 GMT
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>From: bobdobbs@oak.circa.ufl.edu (Amiga Dude)
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>and did this simple operation:
> 
>           45_F (45 Degrees F)
>           45_F (     "      )
> Well I put them on the stack, levels 2: and 1: then pushed the nifty + (plus)
>key, and I expected to see 90_F, but instead I saw 549.67_F, well needless to
>say, I looked in the manual, and it said something about Convert performs an
>absolute temp. scale conversion, including the additive constants.  Well I did
>not Convert, I merely added the 2.

It was converted to an absolute temperature scale. It's really 549.67 R.
For example, if you edited the answer and changed the F to an R, and then
pressed left-shift  degrees-F, you would get the expected result.

peraino@gmuvax.gmu.edu