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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 11:48:38 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Michael Phelps <loverns AT welchlink DOT welch DOT jhu DOT edu>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Differences between -lm and not -lm
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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Michael Phelps wrote:

> 	number %= (int)pow(10, digit_to_start_with);
> 	number /= (int)pow(10, (digit_to_start_with - length));

Don't forget that 10 doesn't have an exact representation as a 
floating-point number.  So it is subject to round-off errors.

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