Fernando wrote to debian-bugs: > Pakckage: perl > Version: 5.001-5 (perl5-porters, this is 5.001m without additional packages).
> Notes: tried a.out only, happens also with 5.001-4, however 5.001-3 is OK (5.001-3 == 5.001e). > Perl seems to be confused making some arithmetic operations (additions). > Sometimes the result of $a+=$b, when $a is 0 and $b is 2 happens to be > 2.000004192 or something similar. Fernando, I unfortunately have no idea what is causing this. Please provide a short script which shows this behaviour (reliably if possible). Perl5-porters, is this a known bug? Ray -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan