Incorrect runtime behavior involving comparison

Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Mon Jan 10 15:31:00 GMT 2000


"Matt Austern" <austern@isolde.engr.sgi.com> said:
> SYMPTOM:
> The correct output from the following program is:
> t1 is false
> t2 is false

You are comparing two "should be equal" floating point expressions,
depending on rounding and the phase of the moon, you will get different
results.
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