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From: pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas)
Subject: Re: perl pl36
Organization: ICEM Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 18:58:42 GMT
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In article <1vnmrvINN7oi@xs4all.hacktic.nl>, cor@hacktic.nl (Cor) writes:
|> scott@craycos.com (Scott Bolte) writes:
|> Perhaps some people with perl on their 386bsd boxes (patchlevel 36 is what
|> im using) could try it? Its really annoying, cause I cant be sure a script
|> written on another machine will work, cause it may rely on integers being
|> truncated. And yes..ive already had to change scripts cause of it.
|> Hmm..actually..i'll try and compile perl with gcc in a sec :)
I've got perl pl36 on my machine and it returns 2.
Here's an interesting test that I just did.
take this program:
-------------------------------------------------
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void main()
{
float a = 1.9;
printf("(int) d = %d\n", (int) d);
}
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compiled with the old c compiler (gcc 1.39), the result is:
(int) d = 2
but compiled with the new compiler (gcc 2.4.3.1), the result is:
(int) d = 1
I believe that this points to gcc 1.39 as the rounding culprit.
Now, the strange thing is that I thought that I compiled my perl with
gcc 2.4.3.1... I'll go double check.
-paul
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