random problem

[Erik Max Francis]

Tim Peters wrote:

> Somehow or other on your box the 1.71552776992141 is getting printed
> as 1.
> The value it's computing (2,82843) doesn't make sense either.  Have
> heard no
> other report of this, although occasionally a bad platform C library
> has
> produced exp() and/or sqrt() results a *little* bit insane.  What
> you're
> seeing is completely off the wall, and in more than one way.

The one thing I noticed is the comma where a decimal point should be. 
Could the queer behavior be because of localized number issues?

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