Re: Bug in floating point multiplication

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Date	Thu, 2 Jul 2015 09:32:43 -0600
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On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> On my Chromebook, using Python 2.7.6 from the Ubuntu Trusty
> distribution, I get AssertionError, and x == 1.
>
> In Python 3.4.0 on the same system, the code runs to completion. Both
> Pythons appear to be 64-bit builds.
>
> On my Mint 17.1 desktop (which should be using the same packages), I
> get the same results.

Apologies for the accidental top-posting. Also, the full sys.version
string for the 2.7.6 Python is:

2.7.6 (default, Jun 22 2015, 17:58:13)
[GCC 4.8.2]

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Bug in floating point multiplication Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-07-03 00:52 +1000
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Michael Poeltl <michael.poeltl@univie.ac.at> - 2015-07-02 17:10 +0200
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-07-03 01:21 +1000
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> - 2015-07-02 16:24 +0100
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-02 08:26 -0700
    Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-07-03 01:34 +1000
      Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-07-03 01:41 +1000
    Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-07-02 09:38 -0600
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Vincent Vande Vyvre <vincent.vande.vyvre@telenet.be> - 2015-07-02 17:15 +0200
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-07-02 09:28 -0600
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> - 2015-07-02 16:29 +0100
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-07-02 09:32 -0600
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-07-03 01:42 +1000
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-02 17:08 +0100
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-07-02 17:20 +0100
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-07-02 11:59 -0500
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2015-07-02 19:49 +0200
    Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2015-07-02 22:07 -0700
      Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2015-07-03 18:27 +0200
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Laurent Pointal <laurent.pointal@free.fr> - 2015-07-02 23:12 +0200
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-03 16:13 +0100
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-05 00:54 +0200
  Re: Bug in floating point multiplication Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-07-05 09:38 +0200

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