Re: about 'round' function on mingw

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Hello

--- "John W. Eaton" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Yes.  The precise integer value is
> 
>   segfault:124> echo "2^53-1" | bc
>   9007199254740991
Thanks!!

Greg repiled in mingw ML
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> octave:6> help bitmax
>  -- Built-in Function:  bitmax ()
>      Return the largest integer that can be represented as a floating
>      point value.  On IEEE-754 compatiable systems, `bitmax' is `2^53 -
>      1'.
[...]
> Is this information OK?

Yes, thank you.

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Perhaps he will check and reply to the mingw list.
I list gmane archves address :
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.user/26296

Regards

Tatsuro




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