Date:	Wed, 7 Apr 93 11:09:17 +1000
From:	graeme AT labtam DOT labtam DOT oz DOT au (Graeme Gill)
To:	ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com, graeme AT labtam DOT labtam DOT oz DOT au
Subject:	Re: Bug in floating point constants
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

	
	OK, here's a bunch of other results
(all compiled with -O):


SVR3.2 native compiler on a 486 system:

MAXDOUBLE = 1.79769313486231570000e+308
ALMOSTMAX = 1.79769313486231470000e+308
dd        = 1.79769313486231570000e+308 = 0xffffffff 0x7fefffff
ddd       = 1.79769313486231470000e+308 = 0xfffffffa 0x7fefffff


SVR4 native compiler on a 486 system:

MAXDOUBLE = 1.79769313486231570000e+308
ALMOSTMAX = 1.79769313486231470000e+308
dd        = 1.79769313486231570000e+308 = 0xffffffff 0x7fefffff
ddd       = 1.79769313486231470000e+308 = 0xfffffffa 0x7fefffff


gcc 1.37.1 on a SVR3.2 486 system:

MAXDOUBLE = 1.79769313486231570000e+308
ALMOSTMAX = 1.79769313486231470000e+308
dd        = 1.79769313486231570000e+308 = 0xffffffff 0x7fefffff
ddd       = 1.79769313486231450000e+308 = 0xfffffff9 0x7fefffff


on a sun ipx with the native compiler (SunOS Release 4.1.2):

MAXDOUBLE = 1.79769313486231570815e+308
ALMOSTMAX = 1.79769313486231471023e+308
dd        = 1.79769313486231570815e+308 = 0x7fefffff 0xffffffff
ddd       = 1.79769313486231471023e+308 = 0x7fefffff 0xfffffffa


on a sun ipx with gcc 2.3.3 (SunOS Release 4.1.2):

MAXDOUBLE = 1.79769313486231570815e+308
ALMOSTMAX = 1.79769313486231471023e+308
dd        = 1.79769313486231570815e+308 = 0x7fefffff 0xffffffff
ddd       = 1.79769313486231471023e+308 = 0x7fefffff 0xfffffffa

	Graeme Gill

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