Re: lib/45372: A bug in pow(3)

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/45372; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: lib/45372: A bug in pow(3)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:30:56 +0300

 On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:25:03AM +0000, Thomas Klausner wrote:
 >  We don't have libm(3). Which do you mean?
 
 Oh, math(3) then.
 
 >  I still disagree mathematically, but I agree that we should follow the
 >  standard.
 
 That is entirely different question (which should be debated in the
 standardization committees).
 
 Since this is about IEEE floating point specification and about the core C
 language, indeed I agree that there should be no room for divergence, unlike
 with, say, POSIX that is always open to discussion.
 
 - Jukka.