Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:29:35 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net Cc: Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: math library difference between linux emulation and native freebsd (and native linux) Message-ID: <3B508F8F.1AB674C6@math.missouri.edu> References: <200107141819.LAA06370@smtp.bmi.net>
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jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net wrote:
>
> In <200107141809.f6EI9M809946@snoopy.fan.fa.disney.com>, on 07/14/2001
> at 11:09 AM, Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com said:
>
> >Running natively under FreeBSD:
>
> >x = 53.27850000
> >exp(x) = 137581029243568449912832.00000000
>
> >Running natively under Linux:
>
> >x = 53.278500
> >exp(x) = 137581029243568449912832.000000
>
> >Running under FreeBSD in Linux emulation mode:
>
> >x = 53.27850000
> >exp(x) = 137581029243567812378624.00000000
>
>
> My guess is difference between Linux emulation and "native" 's floating
> point formatting for printf. With the number of significant digits
> you're invoking, small differences in handling low order bits can be
> significant.
>
You could check this out by trying the following
double x,y;
x = 53.278500;
y = exp(x);
for(i=0;i<sizeof(double);i++)
printf("%d ",((unsigned char*)y)[i]);
printf("\n");
or something like that.
--
Stephen Montgomery-Smith
stephen@math.missouri.edu
http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen
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