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[Caml-list] string_of_float less accurate than sprintf "%f" ?

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From:	John Max Skaller <skaller@o...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] string_of_float less accurate than sprintf "%f" ?

David Chase wrote:

>
>If someone decides to do this, please contact me, I have
>a list of fixes necessary for correct compilation of fdlibm
>under Microsoft's incorrect C compilers.  Some ninny thought
>that the distributive law held true for machine FP, and they
>don't constant propagate "funny values" (NaN, -0) properly.
>
Best not label their compilers "incorrect" -- unless you can
quote the paragraph of the ISO C Standard that they violate :-)


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