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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: Math problems Date: 11 Dec 1993 00:45:35 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 23 Message-ID: <2eb57f$kms@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <1993Dec10.064704.26243@news.unt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <1993Dec10.064704.26243@news.unt.edu>, Byron Goodman <byron@ocf.nms.unt.edu> wrote: >Does anyone know if FreeBSD has math problems with its math libraries or >doing math in general? I've been trying to get Galatic Bloodshed running >but it is having rounding errors when using sqrt() or rand(). Any ideas? Do you have a math co-processor? If not, then yes, FreeBSD has some problems with the current kernel math-emulator. Hopefully we will get a new version sometime soon. In the meantime, if you can afford it get a math-coprocessor which is faster and more accurate. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me