Date:	Thu, 12 Jan 1995 10:30:23 -0600 (CST)
From:	Michael Henneke <mike AT smokey DOT me DOT utexas DOT edu>
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Floating point exceptions

I am having a problem integrating a function with endpoint singularities 
using djgpp in C++.  The code works on an RS/6000 running gcc, but not on 
a PC with djgpp.  It seems that on the PC, the singularity causes a 
floating point exception that crashes the program while on the RS/6000, 
it doesn't.  For instance, the following code produces two results:

  double x=0; cout << 1/x << "\n";

On the PC, this crashes with a floating point exception, while on the RS, 
the program exits normally with a result of "Infinity".  I am a 
mechanical engineer and not particularly knowledgeable in these areas, so 
I would appreciate a response that I can use:).

Thanks for your help.

Michael Henneke                    |
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mike AT smokey DOT me DOT utexas DOT edu          |
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