> In a message dated 95-09-17 15:45:00 EDT, you write:
>
> >
> >I recently acquired a Tandy Z-PDA. I ran across something
> >interesting while running the demo apps distributed with
> >IZL 1.0. The exp function (x^y) in the CALC.IZL program
> >produces 5^2 = 24. The code for this function is
> >straightforward: z = x^y; Some evaluated expressions
> >are correct, for example, 8^2 does yield 64. I moved the
> >IZL 1.0 interpreter and CALC routine to my pc using Palm
> >Connect where 5^2 did equal 25. Any ideas or comments?
> >A problem with the math library perhaps?
> >
> >
>
> I'd say a math library problem, yes. BIG bug is more like it.
>
> Andy J.
> lajandy@aol.com
>
This is probably an artifact of the usage of fixed point binary in IZL 1.0,
and the loss of precision.
IZL 2.0 uses true floating point storage, and the "evalcalc.izt" distributed
with the shareware package will show the results of any expression entered.
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