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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Division error in javac / kaffe ?
To: stein@ife.no (Stein Morten Sandbech)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 11:05:54 -0700 (MST)
Cc: tim@sarc.city.ac.uk, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <9604090728.AA17909@tigern.ife.no> from "Stein Morten Sandbech" at Apr 9, 96 09:28:18 am
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> The output:
> 
> v = 2
> w = 5
> The division: W = v / w; yields : W=2.5
> 
> v = 345.122
> w = 1203.21
> The division: W = v / w; yields : W=3.48633
> 
> v = 12345.1
> w = 1203.21
> The division: W = v / w; yields : W=0.0974645
> 
> v = 12345.1
> w = 1203.21
> The division: W = w / v; yields : W=10.2601
> 
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but this does not seem right :-)

The answers are correct for inverted operands.  Look at the
opstack ordering for division arguments in the source code.

You should report this to the Kaffe maintainer instead of this
list -- he is more likely to fix it than we are.  8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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