Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:30:00 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@elite.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, davidm@hpl.hp.com Subject: Re: floating point exceptions Message-ID: <24238.956752200@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2000 00:05:23 MST." <20000425000523.A17224@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 00:05:23 MST, Brooks Davis wrote: > > Is FreeBSD's behavior correct? Why or why not? You can use the included > > code snippet to verify that this occurs. > > FreeBSD has traditionaly violated the IEEE FP standard in this regard. > This is fixed in 5.0 and I think in 4.0-STABLE (though I can't remember > what file this is in so I can't check.) Huh? I'm pretty sure you've got this backwards. FreeBSD has traditionally upheld the standard and we only recently decided to go with the flow in 5.0. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?24238.956752200>