[GHC] #9304: Floating point woes; Different behavior on Mac vs Linux

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#9304: Floating point woes; Different behavior on Mac vs Linux
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        Reporter:  lerkok            |            Owner:
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.8.3
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:  floating point
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:  9276
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by carter):

 woops, you did -o rather than -O ! could you do the version thats in the
 edit of my comment please :)  (just in case)

 Replying to [comment:11 lerkok]:
 > @carter: Good point; I haven't considered the implications of encoding
 of the input literals. Nonetheless, the experiment you suggested prints
 precisely the same results:
 >
 > {{{
 > [ubuntu-VirtualBox]~/precision>ghc main.hs -o main -msse2 -fforce-recomp
 ; ./main ; ghc main.hs -o main -fexcess-precision -fforce-recomp; ./main

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