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Re:GNU GCC does not round floating-point divisions to the ne... by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday June 27, 2020 @11:39PM (#23666591)
That's where you dust off volatile.
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Re:GNU GCC does not round floating-point divisions to the ne... by nestorD on Sunday June 28, 2020 @07:50AM (#23668173)
Sadly true. That's the only portable way I found to implement something akind to a Kahan sum so that no compiler / flag would destroy it.
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