If it happens once its a bug, if its repeatable its a feature ;-) -=mike=-
"Kagamin" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Don Wrote: > >> The Intel CPU gives the correct answer, but AMD's is wrong. They should >> both give the correct result. > > Really? I think, the answer is neither correct nor wrong. It's > approximate. > If your friend's program operates on ~0x1p+40 values and critically > depends on on the value of the last bit, then double precision doesn't > suit his needs (on both Intel and AMD), he should take a couple of classes > on computational theory and rewrite his algorithm, or use arithmetic with > higher precision.
