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 <macs...@macsrwe.com> 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 <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu >> <mailto:newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu>> 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 <a...@andyring.com >>> <mailto:a...@andyring.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Just tried that. Still “not a number” answer. >>> >>> >>> -Andy >>> >>> >>>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 12:36 PM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu >>>> <mailto:newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu>> 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.hel...@traduction-libre.org >>>>> <mailto:jean.christophe.hel...@traduction-libre.org>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 11:59, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] >>>>>> <di...@niehs.nih.gov <mailto:di...@niehs.nih.gov>> 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 >> MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com <mailto:MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com> >> 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/>
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