Subject: Re: PERL and NetBSD 1.3_ALPHA
To: None <giles@nemeton.com.au>
From: Phil Nelson <phil@cs.wwu.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 11/11/1997 09:35:15
>OK, I've now got some C code with a wrong answer.  I'll send-pr
>...
>This code produces:
>
>0.785398163397448 on 1.3_ALPHA with the broken library
>0.694738276196703 on 1.1

No, you are not off the wall.  It comes up with the same answer on the
pc532, so it must be libm.

And bc(1) comes up with the following:   (And I trust bc ....)

scale = 30
a(1/1.2)
.694738276196703196117274170511


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