Re: compiler problem

Michael Metcalf wrote:
> "glen herrmannsfeldt" <gah@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>>differing in the low order but ...

> Some form of fuzzy logic?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_point

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_set

When using something like Newton-Raphson, it is non
unusual that the limit, even for a scalar, has a
period greater than one.  For multi-dimensional systems
the result can be much more complicated.

Since the OP didn't give many details, it is hard to know,
but it might be that on one system it does converge to
a fixed point (period one cycle), and on others it doesn't.

-- glen