forwarded 707596 max...@math.utexas.edu thanks Sanjoy Mahajan <san...@olin.edu> writes:
> Package: maxima > Version: 5.30.0-4 > Severity: normal > > Here's a transcript: > > $ maxima > > Maxima 5.30.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net > using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (a.k.a. GCL) > Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. > Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. > The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. > (%i1) 1000!^0.01; > (%o1) i.nfE+142498684 > > I think that it should have instead given a reasonable answer (around > 10^26) or complained that the floating-point range got overflowed by > 1000!. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 7.0 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages maxima depends on: > ii gnuplot-x11 4.6.0-8 > ii libc6 2.13-38 > ii libgmp10 2:5.0.5+dfsg-2 > ii libreadline6 6.2+dfsg-0.1 > ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1 > > Versions of packages maxima recommends: > iu maxima-share 5.30.0-4 > > Versions of packages maxima suggests: > iu maxima-doc 5.30.0-4 > iu maxima-emacs 5.30.0-4 > pn texmacs <none> > ii tk8.5 [wish] 8.5.11-2 > pn xmaxima <none> > > -- no debconf information > > > > -- Camm Maguire c...@maguirefamily.org ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
