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From: | Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: floating point error |
Date: | Sat, 30 Mar 1996 15:41:43 CST |
Organization: | Rice University, Houston, Texas |
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Message-ID: | <315daa97.sandmann@clio.rice.edu> |
References: | <4jd887$t24 AT newsbf02 DOT news DOT aol DOT com> |
Reply-To: | sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu |
NNTP-Posting-Host: | clio.rice.edu |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
> I am using DJGCC v2.0 on a 386SX-20 (no math coprocessor) and cannot debug > floating point programs using GDB without getting a floating point exception. This is a known limitation. It would take some time to fix it, and noone seems to have the time to justify fixing it. Since 387s (and 486DXs) are essentially free now, I'm not sure fixing it is cost effective. If you have free time and want to work on it, I can tell you where to get started.
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