[Maxima] CLOS and GCL problems.

[Raymond Toy (RT/EUS)]

Richard Fateman wrote:
> Also  I found that 
> (* 1.0d0 0.1e0) returns
> 0.100000001
> 
> instead of 
> 
> 0.10000000149011612d0

That's because in gcl, a single-float is the same as a double-float 
which is the same an IEEE double-precision.  If you want IEEE 
single-precision, it's a gcl short-float:

(* 1d0 0.1s0) -> 0.10000000149011612d0

A long-float is also an IEEE double-precision float.

Ray