Re: problem with Calculator app
Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Jan 2020 14:30:53 -0700
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I can't get the NaN result from C code running on Mojave using the various exp() function calls. > expf: 0.367879 > exp: 0.3678794411714423 > expl: 0.3678794411714423216101625679907982657823595218360424041748046875 I remember that once upon a time the source code for Calculator.app was available so you could modify it. It would be very telling to see how they're calling exp()! -Carl > On Jan 9, 2020, at 1:25 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > > Huh. I did the same experiment — copied Calculator from my Sierra Mini to my Mojave Mini and ran the sequence. As you did, I got Not a number, same as the native Calculator. > > Then I did it again, copying it to my High Sierra MBP. > > I got "8". 😱 > > No fooling. I've done it a half dozen times using different sequences of keystrokes (voodoo, to be sure, but one should make the trial). > > Something is clearly rancid here. > > All the responses I got back from AMUG were consistent: "Not a Number" on HS or M, the correct number everywhere else. > > > >> On Jan 9, 2020, at 1:02 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Wow, that would seem to indicate that a macOS system RTL or framework has a huge bug! >> >> -Carl >> >> >>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 12:53 PM, Andy Ringsmuth <andy-yKgGfti1P+pWk0Htik3J/[email protected] <mailto:andy-yKgGfti1P+pWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Just tried that. Still “not a number” answer. >>> >>> >>> -Andy >>> >>> >>>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 12:36 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> An interesting test would be to take the Calculator.app from Sierra and run it on Mojave. >>>> >>>> -Carl >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 12:32 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary-QgsHSxYFCUK3byy5ozDitmD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org <mailto:jean.christophe.helary-QgsHSxYFCUK3byy5ozDitmD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 11:59, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> A friend just told me that it works on his Catalina mac, so perhaps they fixed it in the latest OS. I do not have any Catalina machines, so I can't check that. >>>>> >>>>> Catalina here and both input work. >>>>> >>>>> Jean-Christophe Helary >>>>> ----------------------------------------------- >>>>> http://mac4translators.blogspot.com <http://mac4translators.blogspot.com/> @brandelune >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > -- > Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support > in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. > http://macsrwe.com <http://macsrwe.com/> _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk