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- From: emclean@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Emmett McLean)
- Subject: Representation of infinity in J v6.1 change on the VAX ULTRIX
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.035416.9499@csus.edu>
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- Organization: San Francisco State University
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 03:54:16 GMT
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- $
- I just installed J v6.1 on the VAX ULTRIX and see that there is
- a different numeric representation for infinity. It was
- 1.70141e38 and now is _7.89178e28. So :
-
- * Is this a quirk on my machine, or for the VAX in general ?
- (I see there is no executable v6.1)
-
- * Is the new representation some how better or did it come about
- by accident ? Being smaller and negative it looks spurious.
-
- * BTW, I v6.1 seemed to work OK on the NeXT.
-
- $ /usr/s3/emclean/x/j
- J6 Copyright (c) 1990-1992, Iverson Software Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-
- % 0
- 1.70141e38
- _
- 1.70141e38
- $ j6.1
- J6.1 Copyright (c) 1990-1992, Iverson Software Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-
- % 0
- _7.89187e28
- _
- _7.89187e28
-
- Cheers,
-
- Emmett emclean@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu
-