possible numeric error in bignum stuff ...

From: Jen Mankoff <jmankoff_at_cs.oberlin.edu>
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 1995 21:21:55 -0500

STk> (- 9.009 9)
0.00900000000000034
STk> (- 9.5 9)
0.5
STk>

(- 9.009 9) should return 0.009, I believe.

I'm running STk installed on a mips architecture. The same error
occurs in my Net-BSD installation.

        -jen mankoff
Received on Mon Mar 06 1995 - 03:23:21 CET