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Re: Problem with zeros.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:05:38PM -0700, Jerry DeLisle wrote:
> >At the time when we persuaded the Intel compiler team to institute the
> >present behavior of ifort, the primary models for compatibility were g77
> >on linux, and CVF on Windows. Both of those compilers silently convert
> >subnormal inputs to the nearest available sub-normal (0. if
> >appropriate). Throwing an exception which terminates the program, in
> >the absence of iostat handling, breaks important applications. So it
> >was accepted that the historical behavior of g77 and CVF should be
> >continued.
> >
> Thanks for the information. I am looking into why we do not get the
> sub-normals now.
>
Actually, I do get the subnormals on FreeBSD. Perhaps, this
is a glibc bug.
--
Steve