On 1999-08-18 11:52:16 -0500, Greg Walker wrote:
> I have a class that performs many calcs. The values are *slightly*
> (after about 14 significant figures) different depending on the jvm I
> use (either ibm's 1.1.6 or blackdown's 1.1.7). Is there a difference
> between algorithms to solve for trig functions or logarithms between
> jvm's? If so, which is more accurate? Isn't there a standard for math
> operations (IEEE) that both jvm's use? I am not sure I see why this
> happens. jit or nojit does not make a difference (ibm) and native or
> green does not make a difference (blackdown).
See
http://localhost/psdoc/java/langspec-1.0/clarify.html
for the discussion of the strictfp keyword.
Best regards
Martin
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