From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Oct 21 16:24:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA26988 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:24:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from quark.ChrisBowman.com (crbowman.erols.com [209.122.47.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA26971 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:24:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) Received: from fermion (fermion [10.0.1.2]) by quark.ChrisBowman.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA06846; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:17:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) Message-Id: <199810220017.TAA06846@quark.ChrisBowman.com> X-Sender: crb@quark X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:10:31 -0400 To: EddieB From: "Christopher R. Bowman" Subject: Re: Bug in rintf()?... Cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <199810211749.KAA00881@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 12:52 PM 10/21/98 -0500, EddieB wrote: > >> >> > rintf(3.5) returns 4.0 >> > rintf(3910.5) returns 3910.0 (should return 3911.0) >> > >I haven't really the slightest clue about coding (Yea I'll admit it) but I >do remember from physics / chemistry classes that .5 #'s are rounded >different. IE: 3.5 rounds to 4.0 and 4.5 also rounds to 4.0. If the # >preceeding the .5 is even it just drops the .5, if the # preceeding the .5 >is odd, it rounds up (you always get an even # as an answer) > >Probably not what is happening with that but I was bored and decided to >write an email :) > >Jon > >EddieB/IRC >IRCop : irc.dragondata.com > NewNet HUB Server Never in all my life heard this, and I got 10 years of engineering education with more physics than I can shake a stick at, behind me. What logical reason is there for this? -------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@ChrisBowman.com http://www.ChrisBowman.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message