From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Round off errors
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 18:44:09 -0500
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Alfredo J. Cole wrote:
> 
> Compiling the following code with DJGPP gives the erroneous result
> (5551.20). The same code compiled with Borland's bcd class gives the
> correct result (5551.22). I am developing an accounting system with
> DJGPP and it requires that the results be exact. Is there a similar
> class or option under DJGPP that will eliminate these round off
> errors?

Make sure that you are linking in the math library (-lm), which contains
improved-accuracy versions of the standard libc math functions.

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