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From:
andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR
Date:
September 5, 2011 13:19
Subject:
Re: The future of POSIX in core
Message ID:
87hb4qeocc.fsf@franz.ak.mind.de
>>>>> On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 10:31:36 +0200, Mark Overmeer <mark@overmeer.net> said:

  > scattered all over the place... For instance "perldoc -f sin" explains how
  > to create the "asin" with "atan2".  Where can I read about the rounding
  > errors which are caused by implicit conversions from string to float?

AFAIU, perldoc perlnumber was once considered the canonical spot to deal
with that.

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andreas
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