[Bug 237800] pow(3) returns inaccurate results

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237800

--- Comment #4 from sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu ---
When you say you get the correct value on Linux, are you using clang 8.0.0 on
Linux or some version of gcc?  gcc will constant fold pow(10,29) using MPFR. 
Clang will generated a call to pow() in libm.

In any event, the library is computing pow(10,29) as exp(29*log(10))
where special polynomial approximations are being used.  With a ULP
of 0.51, I suppose reading Goldberg's paper is merited.

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