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Mon Apr  5 16:47:24 1982
IBM invents new math
IBM strikes again!

After revolutionizing the data processing industry with
the 360, IBM is now revolutionizing mathematics.  It seems
that sometimes the IBM personal computer will tell you that
1 divided by ten is .001, instead of .01.  This apparently
happens sporadically, and is the result of a fault in the
output routine, not the calculation.  Stay tuned for more
developments as they happen.

                               Walt Morris
                               Bell Labs- MH

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