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I use perl6::version=2018.04.1 and also perl6::version=2018.10.1

The results for version 2018.04.1 (isn't this rather old?) are:

For perl6 -e "say 2 ** 0.5": 1.4142135623730951

For perl6 -e "say 2 ** -1074": 5e-324

So you should give a somewhat newer version a try

My results are from the rakudo-star-2018.04-x86_64 (JIT).msi on Windows

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Re^4: [OT] Accessing python3's print() of floating point values
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jan 22, 2019 at 05:24 UTC
    For perl6 -e "say 2 ** 0.5": 1.4142135623730951
    For perl6 -e "say 2 ** -1074": 5e-324

    Yes, those are the results that perl5 ought also (IMO) be producing - as opposed to the inaccurate "1.4142135623731" and the pointlessly lengthy "4.94065645841247e-324" that are currently output.

    However, as I mentioned earlier, I can already verify double-precision values by comparing to python3 output.
    I'm looking for something that will enable me to verify long double-precision and __float128-precision values. (Last time I checked I couldn't find any such builds of perl6.)

    Cheers,
    Rob
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