On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 03:57:27AM -0700, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > Even worse: > > $ perl -we'$x = -.0; scalar(1.1 * $x); print $x' > 0
'scuse my ignorance, but why is it important to preserve the sign on floating zeroes? -- A walk of a thousand miles begins with a single step... then continues for another 1,999,999 or so.