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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:30621 comp.sys.intel:26881 comp.os.misc:3573 comp.unix.bsd:15717 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7876 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8916 comp.unix.misc:15247 comp.os.linux.development:21718 comp.os.linux.misc:32328 comp.os.linux.misc:32329 comp.os.386bsd.development:2895 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4536 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Message-ID: <D1AGH6.MuB@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (System Operator) Organization: the Briney (notso) Deep Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 00:10:18 GMT References: <3cit0i$mjf@tut.msstate.edu> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <3cphs0$l6e@ddi2.digital.net> <stephenkD0vyyn.1GG@netcom.com> <D12MGt.1L9@tyrell.net> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2.1 [BP] PL2.1] Lines: 19 Stephen Knilans (stephenk@netcom.com) wrote: > My company has many customers that use different platforms. They have some > PRETTY complicated routines that are interfaced VIA C to DBL. THANK GOD > NONE has of yet used a pentium, though one almost did! Would Intel have > paid my company for losing MY time while *I* investigated a problem that > THEY knew about 6 MONTHS ago? HECK NO, they might not even replace the > chip! They would figure WHY would a BANK need that precision, because THEY > work with dollars and cents? John A. Matzen (john@tyrell.net) wrote: : If a bank is using the FPU to do numerical calculations, they could be loosing : hundreds of pennies every day due to rounding errors. It doesn't matter : how many digits of precision the FPU is using. Don't be stupid. The banks keep track of all the pennies lost to rounding error each and every day (or continuously) and add them to the banks' own accounts. Of course. Wes Peters