Re^2: bug in Perl compilation?

duff,

Here are the results of running your code.

LINUX:

0.00119999999999999989
0.00120000000000000011

HP-UX:

0.0011999999999999999
0.0011999999999999999

WIN2K (with ActivePerl):

0.0012
0.0012

Wow, how can the Linux system interpret the same number so differently? Something weird must be going on with whatever does the numerical conversion.

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Re^3: bug in Perl compilation? by revdiablo (Prior) on Dec 21, 2005 at 23:25 UTC
Wow, how can the Linux system interpret the same number so differently? The difference between 0.00119999999999999989 and 0.00120000000000000011 isn't really that much, numerically. In fact, the difference is 0.00000000000000000022. I'm not sure if that really warrants a "wow".	[reply]