Subject: Re: CCL:PENTIUM GLITCH

From: [email-masked] (Dr. Tom Pierce)
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 08:40:25 -0500 (EST)

Previously, John M. McKelvey wrote:
> 1) THE REPORT OF THE GLITCH WE REPORTED YESTERDAY ORIGINATED FROM CLEVE MOLER
> AT MATHWORKS.
> 2) YESTERDAY WE VERIFIED IT USING REAL*8 WITH A WATCOM COMPILER.
> 3) TODAY I VERIFIED IT USING THE CALCULATOR IN WINDOWS/ACCESSORIES!
> REGARDS...
> John M. McKelvey			email: [email-masked]

IN spirit:
  4) Last night I verified it with Excel 5.0 on my Pentium-90.
     ie "Z=X-(X/Y)*Y = 256,  FOR X=4195835 AND Y=3145727.
           OBVIOUSLY THE CORRECT ANSWER IS EXACTLY 0"

So it's is easy to est for and sad to find.

-- 
Sincerely, Thomas Pierce - [email-masked]  -  Computational Chemist
"These opinions are those of the writer and not the Rohm and Haas Company."