Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 14:33:47 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: long double library for 2.02
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On 31 Oct 1998 sl AT psycode DOT com DOT REMOVE_THIS wrote:

> > This archive contains C source and object files to improve floating
> > point printf and scanf accuracy of the DJGPP C library (version 2.01
> > or 2.02).  With this change, the I/O accuracy passes tests for
> > compliance with IEEE 754 and 854 standards.
> 
> 	I'm just wondering.. Why isn't this implemented directly into DJGPP 
> 2.02 in order to comply with the standard?

The current version is NOT in violation of the standard, it just
doesn't give you all the accuracy you could get with the x86 CPUs, and
then only for the long double variables.