* Dave Korn: >> It is a bug in GCC, the C standard, or the x86 FP hardware. I'm >> leaning towards the C standard or the hardware. 8-) > > > ... or it's a bug in the libc/crt-startup, which is where the > hardware rounding mode is (or should be) set up ...
I think you'd still experience latent excess precision for floats, though.
