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Re: gsl and Intel C++ compiler for Linux


John Ketchum writes:
 > I found a compiler switch (-mp) that corrects this problem.  There are 
 > several switches that control accuracy in somewhat obscure ways.  I have 
 > gotten to the point now where make check fails in specfunc, and I haven't 
 > been able to find a combination of compiler switches that corrects the 
 > problem, which appears to be an accuracy problem with exponential functions 
 > and legendre functions.

The failures in specfunc might be normal variations in rounding error.

I've added a test for denormals in the configure script, so the
related ieee-utils tests will only run when they are available.

regards

Brian Gough


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