[perl #133110] [powerpc64] perl prints subnormal doubledoublesincorrectly.

On Fri, 13 Apr 2018 22:39:50 -0700, sisyphus wrote:
 
> $ perl -le 'print 2 ** -1074;'
> 4.450147717014402766180465434665e-308

C's printf() produces the same incorrect output - so, either perl and C are making the same mistake, or perl is just passing on the value that C provides.

I suspect the latter - ie that this is NOT a bug in Perl.

I'm using gcc-4.6.3 and libc-2.13, which is fairly old stuff.

Cheers,
Rob


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