Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:10:20 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: DJGPP reserves wrong int size
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On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Graaagh the Mighty wrote:

> >>Now please stop spouting your "numerical wisdom" and give some real,
> >>usable information about what might cause what was observed, given
> >>that all I did was assign some numbers to some doubles/long doubles
> >>and perform a few arithmetic operations on them -- not even inside of
> >>a loop.
> >
> >I can't speak for Eli, but you sure have a strange way of asking for
> >help. I don't know how Eli will respond but I'm not interested in
> >doing your homework. The "numerical wisdom" is the result of some very
> >serious study by people who aren't afraid of "bucky bits". 
> 
> My complaint should have been stated more clearly I suppose.

How about ``more politely'', for starters?

> Specifically, he was being extremely vague, not offering any kind of
> guidance other than the vague implication that there was *something*
> the matter with my code.

Given the absence of any code, that's the best I could do.

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