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Re: GCC and Floating-Point (A proposal)

From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent+gcc at vinc17 dot org>
To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:42:32 +0200
Subject: Re: GCC and Floating-Point (A proposal)
References: <1116918251.4292d1eb490f6@ssl.kss-loka.si> <84fc9c0005052605045c75fe72@mail.gmail.com> <4295CE45.4000402@coyotegulch.com> <200505261440.34538.paul@codesourcery.com>

On 2005-05-26 14:40:33 +0100, Paul Brook wrote:
> I thought the x86 sin/cos intrinsics were unsafe. ie. they don't
> gave accurate results in all cases.

Yes, and here, this is a bug. See:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040409144725/http://www.naturalbridge.com/floatingpoint/intelfp.html

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References:
- Re: GCC and Floating-Point
  - From: Uros Bizjak
- Re: GCC and Floating-Point (A proposal)
  - From: Richard Guenther
- Re: GCC and Floating-Point (A proposal)
  - From: Scott Robert Ladd
- Re: GCC and Floating-Point (A proposal)
  - From: Paul Brook

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