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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!enterpoop.mit.edu!ai-lab!hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu!not-for-mail From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: `enquire' from GCC 2 Date: 11 Apr 1993 21:59:52 -0400 Organization: dis Lines: 12 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1qaieo$1dhc@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hal.ai.mit.edu Well, the popular opinion seems to be that it fails because atof() is not accurate. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I have yet to see the current atof() give me the wrong answer. Rather, printf() is broken. I'm working on fixing it. -- \ / Charles Hannum, mycroft@ai.mit.edu /\ \ PGP public key available on request. MIME, AMS, NextMail accepted. Scheme White heterosexual atheist male (WHAM) pride!