On Thur, 12/7, I wrote:
 
>
>   :SETVAR total 216340.17+61300.00+39800.00
>   :SHOWVAR total
>    TOTAL =     317440.1562500
>
 
To which Bruce Toback replied:
 
> You need to do :SETVAR HPFPPENTIUM FALSE. The default has been TRUE since
> 5.0 Pull, the first release after the HP/Intel joint venture was announced;
> this is part of the migration strategy.
 
How silly of me...I always wondered what Intel did with all that silicon that
was returned.... ;->  This must be another of those 'undocumented'
technology settings, like :SETVAR HPWINDOWSNT TRUE.
 
Actually, Check Meeker, Randy Meed and a couple of others identified my
mistake.... I was running under MPEX when I did this and didn't recognize
it at the time I did the post.  Jeff Vance, HP Architect for the CI also
pointed-out that the CI doesn't handle real numbers in VARs (possible
future enhancement eh??)
 
So Paul (Taffel), any comments about MPEX's arithmetic..?
 
-- Jerry