Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:13:20 +0100 From: nbco <nbco@screaming.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Whats up with KCalc? Message-ID: <200507121513.21094.nbco@screaming.net> In-Reply-To: <200507120941.12027.ean@hedron.org> References: <ef10de9a05071203165b346ce1@mail.gmail.com> <42D3B10A.1050804@speechpro.com> <200507120941.12027.ean@hedron.org>
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On Tuesday 12 July 2005 14:41, Ean Kingston wrote: > On July 12, 2005 08:01 am, Igor Robul wrote: > > Parv wrote: > > >in message <ef10de9a05071203165b346ce1@mail.gmail.com>, > > > > > > > > >Well, did you try any other calculating software? grpn, perl, and > > >dc gave me 46(.00000...) even after asking for a result upto 20 > > >digits. > > > > > >Here is a naive guess: kcalc stores the number in such a way that > > > it causes the abnormality as above(?). > > > > I have checked KCalc on Mandrake Linux 10.1 (different version of > > KDE) and it gives correct result. > > I just checked it on FreeBSD 5.4 and it gives the correct answer. > KCalc 1.8 compiled from port. Hi, My Kcalc gives the also gives the incorrect answer ie . 45 + 1 = 46.00000000000000710542735760100185871124. It will correctly add the first two numbers together but not subsequent sums, exactly as described by the original poster. I also am using 5.4. FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #11: Tue May 10 18:36:45 BST 2005 .nbco
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