[Bug 237800] pow(3) returns inaccurate results

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237800

Steve Kargl <kargl at FreeBSD.org> changed:

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--- Comment #12 from Steve Kargl <kargl at FreeBSD.org> ---
(In reply to me from comment #11)
>
> I've just run into this issue while working on some fp issues in V8.
> I'm not skilled enough to improve the algorithm that freebsd uses
> here, but if I can help in any other ways let me know.
>

What do you mean that you ran into this problem?  The bugzilla
thread indicates that the OP was getting 0.51 ULP error.  That
is not inaccurate.  That is not understanding how floating 
point math works.

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