Amh3bs.142 net.micro utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!mhtsa!mh3bs!wsm Mon Apr 5 16:47:24 1982 IBM invents new math IBM strikes again! After revolutionizing the data processing industry with the 360, IBM is now revolutionizing mathematics. It seems that sometimes the IBM personal computer will tell you that .1 divided by ten is .001, instead of .01. This apparently happens sporadically, and is the result of a fault in the output routine, not the calculation. Stay tuned for more developments as they happen. Walt Morris Bell Labs- MH ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.