atof(3) on FreeBSD
The text 23cfadd1b890, as FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE, FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE, FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE, FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE, FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE, FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE shipped it.
convert ASCII string to double