Greetings! The machine is actually a 68060 running Debian, with gcc connfigured for a 68020 with a coprocessor, as far as I can tell:
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So this can not be ascribed to fp emulation, right? Take care, Jakob Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > does your machine have a math coprocessor? a 68020 or 68020 with a 68881 > or a 68882? > is it a 68040? if it is, is it a 680LC40? > > if it hos no coprocessor, there probably is a small fault in the > floating point emulator. > which is no big deal IMHO, we should be happy to have any FP emulation > at all on m68k. > > > Camm Maguire wrote: > > >Greetings! I have one Debian machine (m68k) which is producing very > >small numerical discrepancies on the results of the two floating point > >intensive tests in rtest8.mac: > > > >============================================================================= > >/* ********************** Problem 8. *************** */ > >%Input is > >SORT(ALLROOTS(%)) > > > > > >The result is > >[X = - 1.015754699707032, X = 0.8296747207641602, X = 1.0, > > > >X = - 0.9659624099731445 %I - 0.4069597721099853, > > > >X = 0.9659624099731445 %I - 0.4069597721099853] > > > >This differed from the expected result: > >[X = - 1.015755543828121, X = 0.8296749902129361, X = 1.0, > > > >X = - 0.4069597231924075 - 0.9659625152196368 %I, > > > >X = 0.9659625152196368 %I - 0.4069597231924075] > > > >/* ********************** Problem 24. *************** */ > >%Input is > >SOLVE(%, [X, Y]) > > > > > >The result is > >[[X = 2, Y = 2], [X = 0.5202593803405762 %I - 0.1331241130828857, > > > >Y = 0.07678413391113277 - 3.608001708984376 %I], > > > >[X = - 0.5202593803405762 %I - 0.1331241130828857, > > > >Y = 3.608001708984376 %I + 0.07678413391113277], > > > >[X = - 1.733751425313569, Y = - 0.1535679052943111]] > > > >This differed from the expected result: > >[[X = 2, Y = 2], [X = 0.5202594388652008 %I - 0.1331240357358706, > > > >Y = 0.07678378523787777 - 3.608003221870287 %I], > > > >[X = - 0.1331240357358706 - 0.5202594388652008 %I, > > > >Y = 0.07678378523787777 + 3.608003221870287 %I], > > > >[X = - 1.733751846381093, Y = - 0.1535675710019696]] > > > >============================================================================= > > > >I notice that these are the two tests which also have commented > >variable results on different machines in the rtest8.mac file: > > > >============================================================================= > >sort(ALLROOTS(%)); > >[X = -1.0157555438281209,X = 0.82967499021293611,X = 1.0, > > X = -0.96596251521963683*%I-0.40695972319240747, > > X = 0.96596251521963683*%I-0.40695972319240747]; > >/* lispm > >[X = 0.829675,X = -1.0157557,X = 0.9659626*%I-0.4069597, > > X = -0.9659626*%I-0.4069597,X = 1.0000001]; */ > >/* result tops20 [X = 0.82967498,X = -1.01575564,X = > >0.96596261*%I-0.406959705, > > X = -0.96596261*%I-0.406959705,X = 1.00000006]$ */ > >SOLVE(%,[X,Y]); > >[[X = 2,Y = 2], > > [X = 0.5202594388652008*%I-0.1331240357358706, > > Y = 0.07678378523787777-3.608003221870287*%I], > > [X = -0.5202594388652008*%I-0.1331240357358706, > > Y = 3.608003221870287*%I+0.07678378523787777], > > [X = -1.733751846381093,Y = -0.1535675710019696]]; > >/* lispm > >[[X = 2,Y = 2],[X = 0.52025807*%I-0.13312346,Y = 0.07678269-3.6080136*%I], > > [X = -0.52025807*%I-0.13312346,Y = 3.6080136*%I+0.07678269], > > [X = -1.7337531,Y = -0.1535668]]$ */ > >/* tops 20 :[[X = 2,Y = 2],[X = 0.52025944*%I-0.133124037,Y = > >0.076783786-3.6080032*%I], > > [X = -0.52025944*%I-0.133124037,Y = 3.6080032*%I+0.076783786], > > [X = -1.73375185,Y = -0.153567577]]$ */ > >============================================================================= > > > >Questions: > > > >1) I take it this is still (likely a gcl) error, as all IEEE floating > > point machines should produce an identical result, no? Should > > these results vary somewhat in "correct" operation? > > > >2) I'd like to debug this at the lisp level. I've read the info pages > > on the dbl mode, and can run the example cited. But when I try to > > :br any function in the maxima source .lisp files, I'm told there > > is no line info. What's the best way to see where this result is > > varying in a maxima/lisp debugger? > > > >3) Any m68k cognoscenti care to suggest a likely explanation? > > > >Take care, > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gcl-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel > > -- Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah