From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id UAA04255; Sun, 5 May 2002 20:19:26 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA04289 for ; Sun, 5 May 2002 20:19:25 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from sunny.pacific.net.au (sunny.pacific.net.au [203.25.148.40]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g45IJNX16295 for ; Sun, 5 May 2002 20:19:23 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from wisma.pacific.net.au (wisma.pacific.net.au [210.23.129.72]) by sunny.pacific.net.au with ESMTP id g45IJKXt004629; Mon, 6 May 2002 04:19:20 +1000 (EST) Received: from ozemail.com.au (ppp23.dyn71.pacific.net.au [202.7.71.23]) by wisma.pacific.net.au with ESMTP id EAA14784; Mon, 6 May 2002 04:19:19 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <3CD577A4.6020401@ozemail.com.au> Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 04:19:16 +1000 From: John Max Skaller User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.2.1) Gecko/20010901 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Chase CC: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] string_of_float less accurate than sprintf "%f" ? References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020502085732.01f16fd0@pop.theWorld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk David Chase wrote: > >If someone decides to do this, please contact me, I have >a list of fixes necessary for correct compilation of fdlibm >under Microsoft's incorrect C compilers. Some ninny thought >that the distributive law held true for machine FP, and they >don't constant propagate "funny values" (NaN, -0) properly. > Best not label their compilers "incorrect" -- unless you can quote the paragraph of the ISO C Standard that they violate :-) -- John Max Skaller, mailto:skaller@ozemail.com.au snail:10/1 Toxteth Rd, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia. voice:61-2-9660-0850 ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners