title: printf and long double
body: <p>I am using the latest gcc with Netbeans on Windows. Why doesn't <code>long double</code> work? Is the <code>printf</code> specifier <code>%lf</code> wrong?</p>
  
  <p>Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
  
  int main(void)
  {
      float aboat = 32000.0;
      double abet = 5.32e-5;
      long double dip = 5.32e-5;
  
      printf("%f can be written %e\n", aboat, aboat);
      printf("%f can be written %e\n", abet, abet);
      printf("%lf can be written %le\n", dip, dip);
  
      return 0;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>32000.000000 can be written 3.200000e+004
  0.000053 can be written 5.320000e-005
  -1950228512509697500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
  000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.000000
  can be written 2.725000e+002
  Press [Enter] to close the terminal ...
  </code></pre>