#14377: some results not expected with the addition -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: vanto | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.2.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Incorrect result | Unknown/Multiple at runtime | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by vanto): * status: closed => new * resolution: invalid => Comment: Replying to [[span(style=color: #FF0000, svenpanne )]]. \\ not at all. not at all.\\ in his book entitled "Thinking Functionally with Haskell" Richard Bird says page 12-13:\\ {{{ One of the tools is an interactive calculator, called GHCi...You can now use GHCi as a super-calculator: Prelude> 3^5 243 }}} when I write {{{Prelude> 1.1+2.2}}}, the answer is {{{3.3000000000000003}}} \\ But if I use Hugs 98 (Haskell 98 Compatability): \\ when I write {{{Hugs> 1.1+2.2}}}, the answer is \\ {{{3.3 :: Double(32 reductions, 75ells)}}} that's all.\\ and you do not see any difference in these two results.\\ Stubborn?\\ -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14377#comment:14 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler