log10(8)

[Andrew P. Mullhaupt]

In article <16022 at haddock.ima.isc.com>, karl at haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:
> In article <3244 at servax0.essex.ac.uk> elzea at sersun0.essex.ac.uk (El-Zein A A) writes:
> >My calculator gives me 0.9030899 for log(8), While the [elided] code prints
> >-312.770165.  Can anybody tell me why.
> 
> Yes.  The program `lint' can tell you why.

lint might not tell him about the tragedy unless he uses

lint filename.c -lm

as opposed to

lint filename.c

which will not necessarily complain. You have to put lint in the 
picture about linking or this particular error could easily be
missed.

Later,
Andrew Mullhaupt