Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:37:11 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: djgpp and rounding errors
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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, nebo wrote:

> Does DJGPP fix rounding errors with decimal places?  I know
> 	some compilers use BCD math to circumvent this problem, but
> 	I found nothing of the sort in DJGPP.

Please explain more about what you are asking.  What rounding errors
did you have in mind, and why do they need fixing with BCD?

Floating-point computations in DJGPP run with 80-bit internal
precision of the numerical co-processor, if that helps.

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