Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:52:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Cary R." <cygcary AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: newlib?: pow function can produce incorrect results.
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I had some more time to look into this and when the
simple C program I mentioned earlier uses variables
like the other program, incorrect results are
produced. I have attached this C/C++ program. I
certainly don't understand what is going on. I would
have expected pow to be pass-by value which should
make the two calls identical from a system standpoint,
but the results imply something different. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cary

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