Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:11:36 -0800 (PST) From: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/5489: math.3 typos fixed Message-ID: <199801142111.NAA02084@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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>Number: 5489 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Several typos in math.3 man page >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 15 00:50:16 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steven G. Kargl >Organization: Applied Physics Lab >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: FreeBSD-current >Description: Several spelling errors are present in math.3 man page >How-To-Repeat: man 3 math >Fix: *** math.3.orig Tue Jan 13 19:22:16 1998 --- math.3 Tue Jan 13 19:38:32 1998 *************** *** 112,122 **** Floating\-Point Arithmetic. The two versions behave very similarly, as should be expected from programs more accurate and robust than was the norm when UNIX was born. For ! instance, the programs are accurat ere accurn the numbers of \*(ups tabulated above; an \*(up is one \fIU\fRnit in the \fIL\fRast ! \fIP\fRlace. And the progrod the prbeen cured of anomalies that ! afflicted the older mat` older math library \fIlibm\fR in which incidents like ! the followineported: .RS sqrt(\-1.0) = 0.0 and log(\-1.0) = \-1.7e38. .br --- 112,122 ---- Floating\-Point Arithmetic. The two versions behave very similarly, as should be expected from programs more accurate and robust than was the norm when UNIX was born. For ! instance, the programs are accurate to within the numbers of \*(ups tabulated above; an \*(up is one \fIU\fRnit in the \fIL\fRast ! \fIP\fRlace. And the programs have been cured of anomalies that ! afflicted the older math library \fIlibm\fR in which incidents like ! the following had been reported: .RS sqrt(\-1.0) = 0.0 and log(\-1.0) = \-1.7e38. .br >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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