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Re: surprising precision

From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
To: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:41:55 +0000
Subject: Re: surprising precision
References: <D5846594-AE6E-4BCD-B81E-6D8DB68EB780@cwgsy.net>

On 03/03/10 20:29, Jonathan wrote:
> Please have a look at my query posted at the following 3 forums.
> It has not received any explanations yet.
> On the one hand it appears not to be a problem but on the other hand
> could be a spectacular bug.
> 
> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=49627
> 
> http://www.linux.com/community/forums?func=view&catid=17&id=4589
> 
> http://www.linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11688

This does not surprise me at all.  These are just powers of 2.
I don't know why you find it surprising.  If you could explain
why you find it surprising, perhaps we could help.  Do you
understand floating-point arithmetic?

Andrew.

References:
- surprising precision
  - From: Jonathan

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