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> glibc is required to be accurate to machine precision Is this actually the case? This patch seems to suggest it's not: https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-al
by jwilk 9y ago
> glibc is required to be accurate to machine precision
Is this actually the case? This patch seems to suggest it's not:
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-02/msg00336.html https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-02/msg00336.ht...
- 0xfaded 9y agoIt seems you are right. IEEE doesn't say anything, which I guess makes it implementation defined. However, in glibc, there are definitely code paths for looking up digits of pi.