I've also found another little quirk in VfP6 maths handling :

Both

? padl(9999999/10 ^ 3,8)+'9'
? padl(9999999/1000,8)+'9'

prints 10000.009

whereas

x = 3
? padl(9999999/10 ^ x,8)+'9'

prints 9999.9999

so be wary on using a mathmatical solution