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Subject: Bug in Apple's Calculator App? (Off topic)
From: John Clements <email@hidden>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:38:26 +1100

I occasionally use the Calculator app for development work - nice hex / ascii / unicode display features, etc.

BUT, I was just exploring numerical accuracy with large numbers and hit a bug...

Type in 100 and click 10^x button. Result is  1e+100
Type in 150 and click 10^x button. Result is 1.84467440737e+146
Type in 160 and click 10^x button. Result is 1.84467440737e+146
Type in 200 and click 10^x button. Result is  1e+200

But taking log of the apparently incorrect results returns the correct values (150 and 160). So something's going wrong with the display of large numerical values.

Sorry for off-topic post, but I know there are some Apple developers listening.


Dr. John Clements
AxoGraph Tech Support
Molecular Devices Corporation

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