From:	G DOT DegliEsposti AT ads DOT it
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Message-ID:	<C12565B4.0033C84B.00@vega.ads.it>
Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:30:44 +0100
Subject:	Re: sqrt() in DJGPP
Mime-Version:	1.0

>> > Distance = sqrt (A*A + B*B + C*C);
>> >
>> > Normal.X = (A / Distance) + VPoint[0]->Lx;  // It crashes on this
line.
>
>Is A a positive number?
>Square roots of negative numbers are not defined.

I don't think this is the problem, since he is doing the sqrt() of a surely
positive quantity and the crash happens on a different line :-)

Maybe A / Distance gives a number too big (or too small) to fit within
Normal.X ?

What are the datatypes of the variables involved in the problem?

ciao
  Giacomo

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