[PPL-devel] if the compiler has the remainder bug... yes ??

[Dennis Clarke]

Could someone explain what this "remainder bug" is ?

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checking the binary format of C++ long doubles... IEEE754 Quad Precision
checking whether C++ provides exact output for long doubles... no
checking whether the C++ compiler supports flexible arrays... yes
checking whether the IEEE inexact flag is supported in C++... no
checking if the compiler has the remainder bug... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler supports __attribute__ ((weak))... yes
checking for fenv.h... (cached) yes
checking for ieeefp.h... (cached) yes
checking getopt.h usability... no
checking getopt.h presence... no
checking for getopt.h... no
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Dennis Clarke
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