floating point test suite



ssing x86 Clozure CL 1.4, these tests pass:

----mytest1.mac
2/3;
2/3;

2.0/3;
0.6666666666666666;
----------------

Whence 0.6666666666666666?

(%i5) 2.0/3;
(%o5) 0.666666666666667

(%i6) ?print(%);
0.6666666666666666


Barton

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>To:?"maxima?mailing?list"?<maxima at math.utexas.edu>
>From:?"Edwin?Woollett"?<woollett at charter.net>
>Sent?by:?maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
>Date:?08/07/2009?04:04PM
>Subject:?[Maxima]?floating?point?test?suite
>
>This?has?probably?been?discussed?all?over?the?place,
>but?my?google?of?the?mailing?list?didn't?find?something
>that?satisfied.
>
>The?contents?of?mytest1.mac?:
>----------------------------
>/*?mytest1.mac?*/
>
>2/3;
>2/3;
>2.0/3;
>0.66666666666667;
>---------------------
>My?batch?run?in?test?mode:
>
>-------------------------------------
>(%i1)?display2d:false$
>(%i2)?2.0/3;
>(%o2)?0.66666666666667
>(%i3)?batch?(?"mytest1.mac?",?test?)$
>**********************?Problem?1?***************
>Input:
>2/3
>Result:
>2/3
>
>...?Which?was?correct.
>
>**********************?Problem?2?***************
>Input:
>2.0/3
>Result:
>0.66666666666667
>
>This?differed?from?the?expected?result:
>0.66666666666667
>
>1/2?tests?passed.
>
>The?following?1?problem?failed:?(2)
>----------------------------------------------
>
>Maxima?version:?5.18.1
>Maxima?build?date:?20:57?4/19/2009
>host?type:?i686-pc-mingw32
>lisp-implementation-type:?GNU?Common?Lisp?(GCL)
>lisp-implementation-version:?GCL?2.6.8
>
>Thanks?in?Advance,
>Ted?Woollett
>
>
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