c/8395: gcc 2.95.4 and 3.2 generate wrong code for double on intel

[Toon Moene]

The following reply was made to PR c/8395; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Toon Moene <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>
To: Marco Bernardo <bernardo@sti.uniurb.it>
Cc: Bruce Allen <ballen@gravity.phys.uwm.edu>, Bruce Allen
 <ballen@aei.mpg.de>,  gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org,  gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, 
 gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org,  nobody@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c/8395: gcc 2.95.4 and 3.2 generate wrong code for double on
 intel
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 16:56:04 +0100

 Marco Bernardo wrote:
 
 > 1. Some colleagues of mine tried to compile and run the same program
 >    on other platforms, in particular on a sparc machine, and the output
 >    turned out to be
 >        -6 -1.2 5 0 -6 0
 >    Why is that? Isn't the IEEE 754 standard adopted on sparc machines?
 
 Yes.  For further explanations, see the "Further Readings" item on our 
 home page:
 
 http://gcc.gnu.org -> "Further Readings" (left column) ->
 
 	Differences among IEEE 754 implementations (by Doug Priest)
 
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