On 15-09-2012 17:39, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Tijl Coosemans <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 15-09-2012 16:09, Roman Divacky wrote: >>> Is this correct? >>> >>> lev ~$ ./cos 1.23456789e20 >>> 6.031937e-01 >>> -9.629173e-02 >>> 2.814722e-01 >> >> Yes, that's what the libm call returns. > > Linux z 3.5.3-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 29 18:46:34 UTC 2012 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > clang version 3.0 (tags/RELEASE_30/final) > Target: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu > Thread model: posix > > > Output of the initial program is the following : > > #include <math.h> > #include <stdio.h> > #include <stdlib.h> > > int > main( int argc, char **argv ) { > double d = strtod( argv[ 1 ], NULL ); > > printf( " cos : %e\n", ( double ) cos( d )); > printf( "cosf : %e\n", ( double ) cosf( d )); > printf( "cosl : %e\n", ( double ) cosl( d )); > return( 0 ); > } > > > cos : 2.814722e-01 > cosf : -9.629173e-02 > cosl : 7.738403e-01
This is probably because SSE instructions are used on amd64.
> Output of the following program is different :
The reason is that...
> #include <math.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
>
> int
> main( int argc, char **argv ) {
> double d ;
> double two_pi ;
> double f ;
> double v ;
>
> two_pi = 2 * 3.14159265358979323846 ;
> d = strtod( argv[ 1 ], NULL );
>
> f = floor ( d / two_pi ) ;
> v = d - f * two_pi ;
...this is a poor way to compute a remainder. Try to use fmod() or
remainder() instead.
> printf( " given : %e\n", ( double ) d );
> printf( " multiplier : %e\n", ( double ) f );
> printf( "reduced : %e\n", ( double ) v );
>
>
> printf( " cos ( %e ) : %e\n", d , ( double ) cos( d ));
> printf( "cosf ( %e ) : %e\n", d , ( double ) cosf( d ));
> printf( "cosl ( %e ) : %e\n", d , ( double ) cosl( d ));
>
>
> printf( " cos ( %e ) : %e\n", v , ( double ) cos( v ));
> printf( "cosf ( %e ) : %e\n", v , ( double ) cosf( v ));
> printf( "cosl ( %e ) : %e\n", v , ( double ) cosl( v ));
>
>
> return( 0 );
> }
>
>
> given : 1.234568e+20
> multiplier : 1.964876e+19
> reduced : 1.638400e+04
>
>
> cos ( 1.234568e+20 ) : 2.814722e-01
> cosf ( 1.234568e+20 ) : -9.629173e-02
> cosl ( 1.234568e+20 ) : 7.738403e-01
>
> cos ( 1.638400e+04 ) : -8.285342e-01
> cosf ( 1.638400e+04 ) : -8.285342e-01
> cosl ( 1.638400e+04 ) : -8.285342e-01
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