At Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:50:38 +0000 (GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just got the GSL book today and immediately > tried the sample program on page 9. > > I did not get the exact same answer shown in the book: > JO(5) = -1.775967713143382920e-01 > I got J)(5) = -1.775967713143382642e-01 > ^^^ > I'm running 64-bit AMD OpenBSD 4.1 on AM2 Athlon 64.
Thanks for your email. The results vary in the final bit, 1ulp = 2e-16. There are many factors which can affect the result at this level (compiler options, order of rounding, etc) -- I've added a note to the manual that this is normal. -- Brian Gough _______________________________________________ Help-gsl mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl
