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Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures
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Raymond Toy |
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Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures |
Date: |
21 May 2002 18:42:02 -0400 |
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>>>>> "Camm" == Camm Maguire <address@hidden> writes:
Camm> I'd like to get it right.
>> I can help you get the right values, but I don't know how to tell gcl
>> to get the right values.
>>
Camm> Please do. I can get gcl to report whatever we want here, but I don't
Camm> yet understand what is intended. Your help as always most
Camm> appreciated!
Richard Fateman sent you the answer for single-float. If I remember
correctly, gcl only has double-float, so here is an answer appropriate
for that:
* (integer-decode-float least-positive-normalized-double-float)
4503599627370496
-1074
1
* (scale-float 4503599627370496d0 -1074)
2.2250738585072014d-308
I also remember gcl being a bit sensitive to things on the very edge
of the number range so that constant 45...96d0 might not be converted
exactly right.
Ray
- [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, (continued)
- [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, James Amundson, 2002/05/02
- [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Raymond Toy, 2002/05/03
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Camm Maguire, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Raymond Toy, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Camm Maguire, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Raymond Toy, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Camm Maguire, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Raymond Toy, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Richard Fateman, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Camm Maguire, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures,
Raymond Toy <=
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Camm Maguire, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Richard Fateman, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Camm Maguire, 2002/05/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Camm Maguire, 2002/05/22
Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Bugs in gcl cause maxima build failures, Camm Maguire, 2002/05/20