[comp.sys.sgi] /usr/NeWS/demo/calcul

kermit@BRL.MIL (Chuck Kennedy) (12/07/90)

Look out!  Looks like the calculator is buggy...
	-chuck

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Date:     Mon, 3 Dec 90 8:19:48 EST
From:     Todd Fisher (VLD/VMB)  <tfisher@BRL.MIL>
To:       kermit@BRL.MIL
cc:       tfisher@BRL.MIL
Subject:  /usr/NeWS/demo/calcul
Message-ID:  <9012030819.aa01132@VMB.BRL.MIL>

Chuck,

I discovered a problem with the subject software running on my Iris.  
I tried to perform the following arithmetic operation:

	5000 / 25000 =

and got a result of 0.0361.

When I entered the operation as 5000.00 / 25000.00 =, I obtained the 
correct result.

Thanks,
Todd

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