[comp.windows.news] real constants

diegert@intvax.UUCP (Carl F. Diegert) (08/07/88)

potemkin% psh
dbgstart
Debugger installed.
Installing executive.
Welcome to NeWS Version 1.1

% the following is as I expected..

1.0 10000.0 div =
1e-4

% the following isn't..

0.0001 =
0

0.0001 cvr =
9.155273e-5

8878 cvr dup = 0.0001 mul =
8878
0.8128051

Is is me that's doing something stupid?