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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: log10(8)
Message-ID: <16022@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 26 Feb 90 03:25:52 GMT
References: <3244@servax0.essex.ac.uk>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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In article <3244@servax0.essex.ac.uk> elzea@sersun0.essex.ac.uk (El-Zein A A) writes:
>My calculator gives me 0.9030899 for log(8), While the [elided] code prints
>-312.770165.  Can anybody tell me why.

Yes.  The program `lint' can tell you why.

If you don't have lint, or the equivalent functionality via compiler options,
then your vendor sold you only half a C compiler.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.ima.isc.com or harvard!ima!karl), The Walking Lint