#Pentium math
13-Dec-94 17:59:07
Sb: #177865-#Pentium math
Fm: Marlene Zenker/SYSOP 76701,250
To: Jim Butterfield 73624,14
Speaking of Pentium math, a friend of mine mailed the following calculation:
4.999999 / 14.999999 * 3.000001
Which should be about: 1.00000019
Word is the Pentium thinks it's less than one. Whoops.
(Haven't tried it myself, yet).
Steve
Pentium – from the Latin meaning "Almost Five".