From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 06:40:54 -0400
From: dhog@plan9.cs.su.oz.au dhog@plan9.cs.su.oz.au
Subject: alef fp bug on 386
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The following alef program prints the wrong answer on a 386 architecture
machine (actually a pentium...).

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#include <alef.h>

void
main()
{
	float x, y;

	x = 3.0;
	y = 5.0;
	if (x > y)
		print("%f > %f\n", x, y);
	else
		print("%f <= %f\n", x, y);
}
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Here's the output on a pentium:

	term% 8.out
	3.000000 > 5.000000

and on a mips:

	cpu% v.out
	3.000000 <= 5.000000

(that's more like it!).  Does anyone know why?