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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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