[Numpy-discussion] RE: Python 2.2 seriously crippled for numerical computation?
Tim Peters
tim.one at comcast.net
Mon Mar 4 20:04:12 EST 2002
[Tim]
>> For the rest of it, it looks like the "1e-200**2 raises OverflowError"
>> glitch is unique to platforms using glibc.
[Jon Ribbens]
> No, it happens on OpenBSD 2.7 also.
>
> Python 2.2 (#2, Feb 3 2002, 18:27:17)
> [GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on openbsd2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> 1e-200**2
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> OverflowError: (34, 'Result too large')
I don't understand your "no": the output shows that Python was built using
GCC 2.95.2, yet you're claiming this does *not* use glibc? gcc and glibc go
together like Guido and Van Rossum <wink>.
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