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Re: Problems with gcc, g77 on Linux Alpha
- To: Ray Nachlinger <ray at ultramarine dot com>
- Subject: Re: Problems with gcc, g77 on Linux Alpha
- From: Stephen L Moshier <moshier at mediaone dot net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 21:08:08 -0400 (EDT)
- cc: egcs-bugs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: moshier at mediaone dot net
> libm seems to think that
> exp(-709.)
> is a Floating Point Exception instead of 0.
It is an underflow. By default, DEC alpha traps.
If you want IEEE arithmetic, use one of the -mieee switches.