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Re: Firefox 2.0.0.7 has a very serious calculation bug
From: "Jimby Sharp" <jimbysharp () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:39:16 +0530
Also notice that if there is really a problem in FF javascript engine it goes beyond the browser. You could run Tamarin, Spidermonkey or Rhino on the server side and perform some processing there with javascript.
For heaven's sake please try to understand that it is not a problem at all.
As a side comment I wanted to tell you that what is out there on the internet is not a standart. Is what IE dictates. IE rules the internet whether you like or not.
Go and read the ECMA standard. A standard is standard and it has nothing to do with IE.
I don't think that's a fair comparison. If you make the right algorithm and you do not get the expected results *is* not your fault but what are you sitting at (compiler, framework, library ...).
I fail to understand which part of my argument you failed to understand. strcpy() provides the expected result for the right algorithm so we do not say there is a bug in gcc. if someone uses strcpy() to read user's input directly into a buffer, we say there is a bug in the program. Similarly, Firefox javascript floating point math gives expected results. So there is no bug in Firefox. Now if you write a program assuming the results of the floating math are absolutely accurate, your program might have a bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My protest against stupid Indian security researcher:- Aditya K Sood is an asshole: http://secnichebogus.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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