Is sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_remainder.c broken?
Ulrich Drepper
drepper@redhat.com
Thu Nov 22 06:02:00 GMT 2001
Stephen L Moshier <moshier@mediaone.net> writes:
> Yes, it is broken on i386.
The "fix" is simple: don't use the code on x86. The code was written
using accurate rounding based on the precision and not the extra-long
internal format. Uglifying and slowing down of generally used code
for a platform which isn't even using the code is not acceptable.
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