From:	Bob Hood <rbh AT evolving DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Missing rint()?
To:	mcastle AT umr DOT edu
Date:	Wed, 7 Sep 94 17:17:42 MDT
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Mailer:	Elm [revision: 70.85.2.1]

> Amazingly enough DJ Delorie said:
> > There are function that are in math.h yet are not defined in libm.a in
> > djgpp.  If you want them in there, you'll have to write or find
> > sources that are public domain that I can add to libm.a.
> 
> 
> A few years ago I subscribed to a 386users email discussion list,
> then moderated by Bill Davidson (hope I spelled his last name
> right), who was then also moderating comp.binaries.ibm.pc.   Someone
> posted a complete archive for a freely distributable math lib
> which I successfully used to get some functions that were missing
> from the then current djgpp (namely modf(), which I think ws in
> the next version of djgpp itself).  I'm sure there is an archive
> somewhere that has that post, and rint() might be a part of that
> library.
> 
> It also appears that the missing fuction is availabe under Linux.
> I don't have sources online, however, nor time to get them.
> Perhaps someone who has both Linux and djgpp installed could
> compare the libraries, and figure out which functions are
> missing.
> 

I have both systems on the same hard drive, but am performing my current
development in an MS-DOS environment.  I did find the source I needed
in the GNU distribution of glibc, but I'm not sure how difficult it will
be to include in DJ's port.

Thanks for the replies.  I think I'm on the right track now.

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