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Op 10-09-2023 om 15:00 schreef Janis Papanagnou:
> It seems the below observed output is the result of a_float based_
> long-int math. Ksh`s man page says in chapter Arithmetic Evaluation:
> "Evaluations are performed using double precision floating point
> arithmetic or long double precision floating point for systems
> that provide this data type."
I can certainly see the flaws of that design, but I`m afraid it`s pretty much
set in stone. I`m reluctant to mess with the arithmetic evaluation subsystem,
which (like many things in the AT&T ksh code base) is very hard to understand.
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