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From: jimb@amd.UUCP (Jim Budler)
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Subject: Re: Harmonic Series Benchmark
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Date: Sat, 25-May-85 03:57:33 EDT
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In article <> jimb@amd.UUCP (Jim Budler) writes:
>Someone on arpanet proposed a floating point benchmark of timing the
>sum of the first 10,000 terms of the harmonic series, i.e. for 
>i = 1 to 100000; sum = sum + 1/i;  
>
>He also stated the right answer was 9.787613 determined from a Vax 11/780
>taking 0.02 seconds.
>
>Now either I'm doing it wrong or something, because I didn't get that
>answer on an IBM 3081.  But anyway, here is my results, with the
>actual output of the Macintosh using Mac C from Consulair.

Well, I now know the answer to my own question.  If you use float
as apposed to double, the answer on a Vax is 9.787613.  If you
use double the answer is 9,787606, the same as I got on the IBM, Valid
and Mac.  I'll have to go back and try float on the Mac.
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