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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:31149 comp.sys.intel:28049 comp.os.misc:3662 comp.unix.bsd:15813 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7967 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9012 comp.unix.misc:15409 comp.os.linux.development:22058 comp.os.linux.misc:32809 comp.os.linux.misc:32810 comp.os.386bsd.development:2977 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4672 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!FNALA.FNAL.GOV!MORPHIS From: morphis@FNALA.FNAL.GOV 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 Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Date: 2 Jan 1995 21:16:16 GMT Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3e9qf0$6m1@fnnews.fnal.gov> References: <3cit0i$mjf@tut.msstate.edu> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <3cphs0$l6e@ddi2.digital.net> <stephenkD0vyyn.1GG@netcom.com> <D12MGt.1L9@tyrell.net>,<D1AGH6.MuB@indirect.com> Reply-To: morphis@FNALA.FNAL.GOV NNTP-Posting-Host: fnala.fnal.gov In article <D1AGH6.MuB@indirect.com>, wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) writes: >John A. Matzen (john@tyrell.net) wrote: >: If a bank is using the FPU to do numerical calculations, they could be losing >: 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 Actually I was told of a programmer who, in redoing a bank's massive code after the former programmer had been sacked, found an interesting little subroutine to take 1/100th of the interest under a penny and add it to the original programmer's account...