In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/14/2001
at 11:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>So I have stumbled across a linux emulation bug in freebsd. Below is
>the program that returns different results based on FreeBSD, Linux or
>Linux emulation under FreeBSD.
>Running natively under FreeBSD:
>x = 53.27850000
>exp(x) = 137581029243568449912832.00000000
>Running natively under Linux:
>x = 53.278500
>exp(x) = 137581029243568449912832.000000
>Running under FreeBSD in Linux emulation mode:
>x = 53.27850000
>exp(x) = 137581029243567812378624.00000000
>#include <stdio.h>
>#include <math.h>
>#include <stdlib.h>
>int main (int argc, char **argv) {
> double x = 53.278500;
> printf ("x = %8lf\n", x);
> printf ("exp(x) = %8lf\n", exp(x));
> exit (0);
>}
>There are only two shared libaries in common (libc and libm) and both
>are the same on FreeBSD (in /compat/linux) and Linux.
>So any ideas on where the program is going wrong?
>- JimP
My guess is difference between Linux emulation and "native" 's floating
point formatting for printf. With the number of significant digits
you're invoking, small differences in handling low order bits can be
significant.
jmc
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