pow(2) returns slightly different result compared to other platforms' implementation

Matthew Dillon dillon at backplane.com
Mon Oct 3 10:56:04 PDT 2016


Intel does not have a 128-bit FP representation.  80-bits is as good as it
gets.  The 80-bit form is stored in a 128-bit memory location.

-Matt
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