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On 7/8/2016 1:16 PM, Owen Leibman wrote:
> The m modifier is handled just fine by the compiler, but
> the results of using it are different on Cygwin than on several other systems
> I've tried. Here is a sample program:

Dear Owen -- The first question I'd ask is: What versions of gcc
and C libraries are we talking about?  IIRC, the m feature is
relatively new (relative being, umm, relative), so which gcc you're
using, and the libraries, too, may matter.

Regards -- Eliot Moss

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