Date:	Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:23:07 +0200
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il>
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	Delorie on Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:17:13 -0400)
Subject:	Re: Anomaly in printf()
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> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:17:13 -0400
> From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
> 
> > Behold:
> > 
> > Demo     = 18446744073709551615.000
> > Demo - 1 = 18446744073709551613.000
> 
> Ok, that's a bug.

Is it?  We are printing a long double, which IIRC has 19 significant
digits.  The ``error'' here happens in the 20th digit, unless I'm
mistaken.

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