GCC beaten by ICC in stupid trig test!

[Robert Dewar]

Scott Robert Ladd wrote:
> Robert Dewar wrote:
> 
>> In Fortran, this is an incorrect interpretation, the standard definitely
>> differentiates between (a+b)+c and a+b+c. So a Fortran compiler is 
>> allowed to reassociate the second expression (but it is a bad idea, and
>> it is desirable to have a mode in which this freedom is not taken
>> advangtage of).
> 
> 
>  From the latest Committee Draft of Fortran 2003, section 7.8.1.3:
> 
>  - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> 
> The rules given in 7.2.1 specify the interpretation of a numeric
> intrinsic operation. Once the interpretation has been established in
> accordance with those rules, the processor may evaluate any
> mathematically equivalent expression, provided that the integrity of
> parentheses is not violated.

I copy the entire message, because it is odd. Nothing in the second
paragraph contradicts what I said. On the contrary it is entirely
consistent.