IBM pre-announces the Pentium … in 1977!

Transcribed from the printed issue; not yet reviewed. Read it in the PDF of the issue, page 124

In “The APL Handbook of Techniques” on page 52, it says

B = 222333333344444445555555
C = 12345.67890123456789

So (B * C)/B =
  12345.678901234567889994910

There is only one way to get such inaccuracy, and how did IBM know about it 15 years ago?