[Numpy-discussion] RE: Python 2.2 seriously crippled for numerical computation?

[Jon Ribbens]

In article <mailman.1015231327.3586.python-list at python.org>, Tim Peters wrote:
> For the rest of it, it looks like the "1e-200**2 raises OverflowError"
> glitch is unique to platforms using glibc.

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')