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rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 2. Re: Strange result with exponents... > > But even allowing for the inaccuracy of floating-point >the fact the releases 440 to 510 give result of 1152921504606846976 and >520 gives 1152921504606846980 suggests a change in rounding during >conversion to decimal. Such a small difference between releases hardly seems worth discussing except... 1152921504606846976 is the correct answer. V4R4 got it right both ways, V5R1 got it right, even Windows calculator gets it right regardless of the way you get there, via direct exponentiation or simple repetitive multiplication or running through successive powers of two. But now the new, improved V5R2 gets it wrong? This seems to be going in the wrong direction. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 x313 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.powertech.com __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
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