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On 6/24/2018 4:35 PM, bursejan@gmail.com wrote:
> The test code would be:
> 
>          for (int i=22; i<25; i++) {
>             System.out.println("Math.pow(10,"+i+")="+Math.pow(10,i));
>          }
> 
> The result (without strictfp modifier to main()) is:
>     
>     Math.pow(10,22)=1.0E22
>     Math.pow(10,23)=1.0000000000000001E23
>     Math.pow(10,24)=1.0E24
> 
> The result (with strictfp modifier to main()) is:
> 
>     Math.pow(10,22)=1.0E22
>     Math.pow(10,23)=1.0000000000000001E23
>     Math.pow(10,24)=1.0E24
> 
> Because invoking Math.pow() is not a basic operator +, *, /, etc..

     Have you tried using StrictMath.pow() instead of Math.pow()?
It is certainly possible that the Math implementations are different
on different platforms -- at least, the Javadoc seems to allow such
freedom:

	"[...] Code generators are encouraged to use platform-specific
	native libraries or microprocessor instructions, where
	available, to provide higher-performance implementations of Math
	methods. [...]"

It's my understanding, though, that StrictMath implementations on all
platforms are supposed to agree exactly.

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