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Subject: Re: Cross Platform Incompatabilites? - code fragments
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> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 17 Feb 2004 12:46:07 GMT
> 
> The problem at hand is rather probably one of numerical accuracy of
> your code, i.e. rounding errors.  It may seem surprising that these
> should depend on the operating system, while the CPU is kept the same,
> but that can, indeed, happen.

Could you suggest a mechanism that could explain how numerical
inaccuracies could depend on the OS, assuming we are talking only
about systems supported by DJGPP?  I don't think I see how this could
happen, unless someone shows to me that the x87 is set up differently
by different versions of Windows.