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From: andreess@mrlax1.mrl.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: drand48()
Keywords: BUG, work as designed
Message-ID: <1991May8.221604.21153@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 8 May 91 22:16:04 GMT
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In article <1991May08.214654.26143@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> ghe@physics.orst.edu writes:
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>main()
>{
>    int i;
>
>    for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
>        printf("%e\n", drand48());
>}
>What is the problem on RS/6000? Is it a BUG in drand48() or is it 'work
>as designed'??? :-( :-(

Neither.  Try declaring drand48 as double before using it.

Marc

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