From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.esat.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: CMUCL18d on Alpha? References: <3CBA8472.48774F5C@ilt.fhg.de> <3CBBE1E6.93F85F44@ilt.fhg.de> <3CBBF4AC.39CD4A4C@kfunigraz.ac.at> <3CBE88D1.6A17BCE1@ilt.fhg.de> <3CBFBF03.31766207@ilt.fhg.de> <87g01r384r.fsf@nkapi.internal> <3228232604375936@naggum.net> <87k7r31mn5.fsf@nkapi.internal> <3228242118692057@naggum.net> <4nlmbfkgu2.fsf@rtp.ericsson.se> <0%Vw8.38252$%s3.16267967@typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net> <4n8z7fk7cz.fsf@rtp.ericsson.se> <4n662iijxw.fsf@rtp.ericsson.se> <3228572189632087@naggum.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3228581253186170@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:07:33 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1019592453 193.71.199.50 (Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:07:33 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:07:33 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:32236 * "Joe Marshall" | Allegro CL 6.1 on Windows with the latest patches seems to have no problems. | (= 1.0d0 (+ 1.0d0 double-float-epsilon)) gives T That _is_ the problem. It should return false. | Did you use double-float-negative-epsilon for the subtractive case? Look, I subtract 1 from the equivalent of (1+ double-float-epsilon). /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief. Post with compassion: http://home.chello.no/~xyzzy/kitten.jpg