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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 92 16:02:33 EDT
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT ctron DOT com>
To: yschiou AT wam DOT umd DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Numerical Exception

>I am new the compiler, so please tell me
>what is the cause for "Numerical Exception (stack overflow)"?

>Does it mean the 387 stack overflow or program stack overflow?

It means the 387 stack overflowed.  It can only hold eight floating
point numbers.

All Numerical exceptions are due to the 387.

DJ
dj AT ctron DOT com
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